What do electrical engineers do vs computer scientists?

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Electrical engineers (EEs) engage in a diverse range of activities, including designing chips, creating products from integrated circuits (ICs), and working with electrical power systems such as generators and transmission lines. In contrast, computer scientists focus more narrowly on software and algorithms, although there is some overlap between the two fields. The discussion highlights the multifaceted nature of electrical engineering and its various sub-disciplines, which can be explored further through resources like Wikipedia.

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I'm kind of wondering what electrical engineers do, is it similar to computer science? Or is it much more working with like hardware, and designing chips? I know they probably make circuits but is that all they do?
 
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Electrical engineering is a big field, with many sub-disciplines. Some EE's design chips, like you said. Others design products from ready-made components, such as IC's and discrete transistors, diodes, etc. Still others work with electrical power systems - generators, electrical transmission lines, etc. Computer scientists tend to be more narrowly focused, but there is some overlap.

Wikipedia has a nice list of EE sub-disciplines:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering#Sub-disciplines
 

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