Engineering - Digital Media

brennaldo

Ok im in 6th year now and i filled out my CAO application and this course was my number 2 on the list, anyone here on boards do this course and maybe give me an idea about the course, what ya do, what its like, and what further career ya can get,

now dont get me wrong i know some things about it otherwise i wouldnt of put it down, but im just looking to get an insite on this course from someone who does it,

thanks.

ridonkulous

I graduated from this course a few years ago and did a masters in a very similar field to the course. Post up any questions you have and i'll try and answer them as best I can. But I will say that in general it is a very good course and is well received out in the "real world"

cocoa

Ermm, can I ask what stuff / info you've been reading on it?

One thing to clarify is this: The first year is common among the 7 Engineering Programs in DCU. There is no difference between them. They were supposed to put them all into one CAO choice by now but it seems they still haven't... Anyway, no matter which course you choose, you do the common first year and you have the choice to choose any engineering course at the end of first year.

I'm in second year of Electronic Engineering now, so I did the common first year and I still do many of the subjects that the digital media Engineers do.

So far I've found the course pretty good, and anyone I know in Digital Media enjoys it. If you got any specific questions just let me know.

brennaldo

well thanks for the comments, i wasnt looking for too much info, just to see if the course was good and interesting, i do have a question for ridonkulous, you said you did this course a few years ago, what kinda career did you get out of doing it.

ridonkulous

I am currently working in Spain for an Irish software firm (Arantech) who work in the telecommunications area. I only recently started (6 months) and I work in the operations department. Basically we have contracts with Telefonica and Vodafone as well as other firms and we install our software and provide support for the software. I help with the installation and maintanence of our software and also monitor the system to ensure problems are kept within an acceptable level.

I don't spend my day writing code (which is great), well not for the product anyway, but my work does involve the use of the product we provide aswell as the use of shell scripting for the maintanence of the hardware required for our product, some SQL and thats the main stuff that I use in my day to day tasks. If you have an interest in entering the telecomms industry then Digital Media engineering is ideal as it tends towards this area in alot of the subjects covered throughout the course although electronic engineering is also relevant it is not as tuned to this area (imo).

I hope that all makes sense and helps you out. As a side, the facilities for engineering in DCU is second to none.

brennaldo

well thanks for the help, as i said, this was my number 2 and seing as though my number 1 is in a private college, i might be going for it.

cocoa

I might be misunderstanding you here, but just in case...

If you are offered your first choice, you cannot take your second choice!!!

You have til the end of june to change your choices and make up your mind, but remember to choose in order of preference!

brennaldo

yeah i want my first choice more, but if i dont get it, i would like this one