High School Senior Seeking Advice on Electrical Engineering

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High school seniors interested in engineering often face uncertainty about their future career paths. Electrical engineering (EE) is highlighted for its promising job outlook, but many students feel unprepared or uninformed about the field. Current professionals in EE describe their daily tasks, which typically involve designing electronic circuits, programming microcontrollers, and working with digital signal processors (DSPs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The integration of physics knowledge is beneficial, especially in areas like electromagnetism. Resources such as ieee.org are recommended for students to explore various engineering disciplines and gain insights into potential career options.
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I'm a high school senior who is interested in engineering. I am taking Calculus and honors physics and earn solid grades.

I am helpless :confused: when it comes to my future though. I have no idea what field to go into. I hear Electrical engineering has a good outlook but I have no idea about electrical stuff or what kind of jobs are out there.

If anyone out there is an EE and can tell me the kinds of things they do in a typical day, and whether they enjoy their job, I'd be grateful.

Thanks so much.
 
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Although I'm a Physicist by education, I'm working as a design engineer. My main job is to design electronic circuits including DSPs, FPGAs, microcontrollers and multilayer pcbs. Also, sometimes I have to program microcontrollers and FPGAs. Physics helps me in solving electromagnetic portion of electronics, such as transformers. I really enjoy my work.
 
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