What kind of cs degree did you get where you learned about electrical circuits. The closest to hardware I've learned is logic circuit diagrams and verilog.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, I graduated over 20 years ago now, but I had to take a number of EE courses for my CS major. Guess that isn't a thing now, or in a lot of places? Just assumed some level of EE knowledge was required for a CS degree this whole time.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@midwest.social 2 points 1 hour ago

I got my BS in CSci about 15 years ago and it was 100% about programming in java. We didn't learn a fucking thing about hardware and my roommate was an EE major and we had none of the same classes except for calculus.

By the time I graduated java was basically dead. Thanks state college.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

In my own uni's coursework the closest we get are some labs where students breadboard some simple adder circuits, which we do just to save them from embarassing gaps in their knowledge (like happened in the inital comment). It doesn't add much beyond a slightly better understanding of how things can be implemented, if we're being honest.

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 hours ago

I don't have a degree

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well, computer science is not the science of computers, is it? It's about using computers (in the sense of programming them), not about making computers. Making computers is electrical engineering.

We all know how great we IT people are at naming things ;)

[–] MBM 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Informatics is a much better name imo

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I see there's a fellow German speaker ;)

I do agree though!

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If you want someone to know about the physical properties of transistors, find an electrical engineer.

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

Ok, but he didn't know what a transistor is. Like I get not knowing the mechanics or chemistry of it, but to literally not know it or how it applies to a computer boggles my mind.