Computer engineering is a very distinct field of engineering that deals with programs and applications related to computer software and programs. However, social media sites also help them to become communicative with each others as to share their thoughts and ideas. Below is provided a precise list of social media sites.

Blogcatalog.com: It is the blog for all the internet related activities consisting of the latest information, photos, gossips and news stories.  Here a professional is also provided with opportunity to involve in public discussions to private groups and shout boxes. Its public feeds connect you with feeds like dig, delicious, twitter, flicker & more.

StartAid: This is a great website for saving all your boolmarks and favorites online. Here a computer engineering student can have quick access to all its bookmarks from any computer.  It is site with easily importable quality bookmarks. It also provides thumbnail preview of all their existing bookmarks. It also let one to design their homepage. More a member can discuss comment and links with members.

Blinklist: It is a powerful social media sites and productivity tool which make it easier for anyone to share and save their links for better productivity purposes. Blinklist provides a powerful productivity tool that makes it quite easier for any one to save their link for later purposes.  From blink list you can access all of the links saved at any computer.

KillerStartups.com: This is a user based powerful website which is internet driven startsups community for entrepreneurs, investor and bloggers where internet entrepreneurs submit their businesses and new schemes to judge about other’s thinking for it.

Faves.com: Co founded by former employees of Microsoft it is a Seattle based upon which help people to discover the most relevant web content related to their   field and topics of choice. In Faves.com users are connected with other members for having quality recommendations in their respective area of interest.

LinuxQuestions.org: It is a very friendly and active Linux community that is free for anyone to become its member.  After becoming member of the community one can subscribe its threads and can receive e-mail updates. However, the board of the forum keeps track of all its threads.

ClipClip.org:  This is a very innovative website for arranging   text as well as associated links related to content by the method of copy paste as in form of scrap book.

Engineers are the expert who provides safe solutions to practical problems by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while keeping view of the technical constraints of the problem at the same time. With the advancement of technology, scientist has become more of an applied scientist. As with the present environment considering all the technical advancements, the branches of engineering includes Aerospace, Agriculture, Biomedical, Chemical, civil, computer hardware, electrical and electronics, environment, industrial, material, mechanical, mining, nuclear and petroleum engineering.

Scope of the Engineering Job: According to a survey, last year engineers possessed nearly 2.0 million jobs. Of all the jobs nearly 256,000 jobs were in civil engineering, 227, 000 jobs were in mechanical engineering, 201,000 jobs were in industrial engineering and other branches of engineering.

Educational Requirement and Training: To have an entry level engineering job one should have bachelor’s degree in engineering. However, sometimes degree in physical science or mathematics works equivalent to engineering in highly specialize jobs and tasks. And, it is very usual that engineering students complete their specialization in particular branch and through out works in that particular branch. Apart from educational requirements there are many other qualifications that are needed for engineer as an engineer providing its services straight to public should be a registered engineer and are known to be as Professional Engineer (PE) For becoming a professional engineer one should have degree in engineering accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), four years of relevant work experience and successful completion of state examination according to the prescribed norms of the state. For the purpose of advancement in career an engineer as far as gain experience and knowledge works more independently and liberty. They start with making decisions, developing designs and solving problems and with span of time and experience they become technical specialist or supervisors over a staff or team of engineers and finally gets into becoming an engineering managers or go into sales job.

Engineers who work in design and development plan and supervise the construction of buildings, highways and transit systems. They further develop and implement better ways to extract process and use raw materials.

Job Outlook for Engineers: It is considered that the job prospect and scope for engineering would go as high as much to till through 2016 however, picture may be different from branches to branch.  According to a report of US Bureau of Labor Statistics that biomedical, industrial and civil engineering would have fastest rate of growth. Whereas Agriculture, aerospace, chemical, health and safety would also register growth.

Salary of an engineer: Salary of an engineer depends upon the branch in which he lives. The average salary  for different branches of engineering is as now is following Electrical: $75,930, Civil: $68,600, Mechanical: $69,850, Computer Hardware: $88,470, Environmental: $69,940, Nuclear: $90,220, Biomedical: $73,930

The modern world has advanced in various ways. This advancement has been technological, that is there has been the invention of the computer which has always served several functions in the modern world. Therefore the invention of computer has led to major transformations in the educational institution. People can now study through the computer at Universities that are far away from where they actually are. This is called online learning or E-learning. Almost any course can be found online. Some of the courses need to be paid for while others are free.

Some of the engineering Universities and Colleges that give the best online study programs are in the United States. An example is Stanford University and University of California Berkeley. Some of these universities give free online courses .But in order for one to be assured of a degree or any type of award on has to enroll officially to a specific engineering college online.

There are various advantages that come with taking online engineering courses. For instance it saves a lot of time. Students who cannot travel to school on a daily basis are able to take their classes either way. Also online engineering courses are flexible. Therefore part time students are also able to study whenever they are free.

Online engineering courses also encourage shy students to ask questions. Therefore, online engineering students are able to acquire more knowledge as opposed to those who attend lectures in person. These online courses also act as reference whereby students can always get to go back to incase they did not understand a particular class. Online engineering courses enable students to get their degree awards from the most prestigious and best performing colleges and universities. For instance, if a college is situated in the United States, a student in Nigeria can be able to study through the online programs.

Everything that has a good side also has a bad side: This means that sometimes, it is not advisable to take on line engineering courses because half of the engineering courses are practices. With practical classes, there has to be a direct physical interaction between the lecturer and the students. This is because it such practice enhances the understanding of the students which lacks. Online engineering courses are more expensive. This makes it harder for a financially unstable student to cope.

Sometimes online engineering courses may encourage laziness due to lack of supervisions. In addition to this, the engineering students do not have to take notes. Therefore they become inactive too. Some students may a not stay on track with their lessons hence may result to poor grades. Good internet skills are required for any engineering student to perform well in any examination. Therefore an individual who does not have theses skills is likely to perform poorly. Online engineering courses isolate students from their fellow students. Physical and social interaction is very important in any learning process to produce the required results.  However, over reliance on internet connection may lead lagging behind of a student.