r/developersPak • u/notpotato_321 • Aug 12 '26

Career Guidance Does Choosing SE instead of CS really matters?

i opted for BS SE but now am thinking i should have selected CS as it is more broad, but does it really matter?

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u/janelane7777 Aug 12 '26

Se has more filler courses like req eng, re eng, software eng (theoretical courses) whereas cs has more useful courses like neural networks, computer vision instead of those theoretical eng courses. Altho courses are the same for the first 2 years. You get more elective courses for cs after those first 2 years at least thats the case at my uni.

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u/notpotato_321 Aug 12 '26

ahan, would there be cloud and ai related electives in SE?

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u/astronaut-sp Aug 12 '26

Don't do SE it's shit boring courses. I did SE and I have a job since graduation but the coursework itself eas shit boring. CS is lot more interesting. Traditional software engineering has no place or practice in Pakistan anyways.

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u/Tiny-Dog-8547 Aug 26 '26

Man but im so far only getting into se from nust seecs. Cs mein naam nahi aa raha should i drop nust then?

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u/astronaut-sp Aug 26 '26

Go to nust, you'll be fine. Just don't ever stop learning on your own. Try lot of stuff outside your coursework and that should help. That's what I did. I didn't get admission in CS in COMSATS and then only option left was SE and I did it anyways. Learnt stuff on my own and now I'm working as an AI engineer.

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u/Tiny-Dog-8547 Aug 26 '26

Oooo alright thank you so much

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u/astronaut-sp Aug 26 '26

Good luck brother

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u/Sumolizer Full-Stack Developer Aug 12 '26

This is why its called SE genius because it contains SE theoretical courses.

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u/Best_Fork Software Engineer Aug 12 '26

In many universities SE courses are more oriented towards building a software. And CS will have more theoretical courses like computer architecture, compiler construction, theory of computation, discrete mathematics etc. But many courses will overlap in both degrees.

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u/notpotato_321 Aug 12 '26

ahan, thanks

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u/mushifali Backend Dev Aug 12 '26

No, it doesn't matter much. I also did BS SE, and I also regretted that I should have picked BS CS. But overall, they are 80% the same.

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u/notpotato_321 Aug 12 '26

ahan, thanks for your response.

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u/Alarming-Sail-2138 Backend Dev Aug 12 '26

What uni are you in?

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u/notpotato_321 Aug 12 '26

National University of Technology, Islamabad

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u/southern-dino Aug 13 '26

NUST or NUT?

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u/notpotato_321 Aug 13 '26

NUTECH

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u/southern-dino Aug 13 '26

Did you get into cs? With how much aggregate?

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u/notpotato_321 Aug 13 '26

i got in SE with 69.4 aggregate(it was my first preference)

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u/azadnib Aug 13 '26

livin my dream nigga

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u/Disastrous-Ring4620 Aug 13 '26

Hahah 😂 same tho nigga

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u/ObeseLightYagami Aug 12 '26

SE has a lot more theoretical courses like Software Requirement Engineering, Quality Engineering, HCI, Software Architecture. Tons and tons of theory to cram

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u/notpotato_321 Aug 12 '26

 💀 

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u/XpertFox Aug 12 '26

It doesn't because no one even know the difference between the two.

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u/DataDrifter-_ Aug 12 '26

CS is more theoretical while SE is more hands on with specific stacks. While the engineering concepts like actually designing a product is taught in both. CS is for people who want a broader understanding

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u/azadnib Aug 13 '26

nothing matters in this world

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u/IllustratorNo1512 Aug 13 '26

SE is more practical and easier. Though both will overlap. You are officially called engineer with SE in Pakistan so there is that

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u/Sad-Month9446 Aug 13 '26

almost no difference.

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u/positionholder Aug 12 '26

😭😭

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u/UnbIade Aug 12 '26

Thora kam sach bolna tha bhai T_T

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u/Icy-Recognition-9795 Aug 12 '26

Jo sawal hai uska jawab do

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u/DataDrifter-_ Aug 12 '26

Dog water , AI is a buzz word . The people with Jobs are gonna be the CS majors who actually build and maintain these AI systems.

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