Can anyone tell me the difference between CS and software engineering? I only know the very basic background on it ( I w - devRant

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stanathen

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Software engineering is making programs

Computer science is studying what computers can do
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gigantorex

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In my opinion computer science majors is mainly directed towards research in new technology .. whereas Software Engineering aims in making existing technology better
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programmer420

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So which one needs a higher programming skill
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gigantorex

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All Computer Scientist's are not Software Engineers but All Software Engineers are Computer Scientists@programmer420
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stanathen

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@programmer420 you need to know math for CS and you need to have programming skills for software engineering
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nicofee

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SE is a subset of CS. Other subsets of CS are e.g. algorithms, theoretics, networking, AI, data science, hardware, robotics, ...
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wiwe2210

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I'm a computer science student with a major in software engineering so I can't properly relate to the question.
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programmer420

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@nicofee if I'm good at making apps and websites, which one do I choose?
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gigantorex

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SE@programmer420

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