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What's the difference from a Computer hardware engineer and a computer software engineer?

What's the difference from a Computer hardware engineer and a computer software engineer? or are they both the same careers? if not...then what's the diffference? and which would be the easier job and have better pay?

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1. hardware is what goes into your computer software are programs/cd roms you can download/upload onto your computer
2. Hardware=things like printers, hard drives, etc. Software=programs used by hardware or computers.
3. I guess it's like the difference between software and hardware. If you want to deal with the computer as a machine, with its parts then take hardware engineering. If you want to create applications and programs for the computer or design 3D models or web pages, well anything connected with the software for computer, study software engineering... I don't know which is better paid, but there are a lot of software jobs out there.
4. Hardware are the components of your pc such as motherboards and disc drives, software is programmes that run on your pc.
5. Neither one is "easy" (I've done both). Software engineers in specialized fields make more money, but also work harder.
6. hardware is hardware - circuit boards, computer drives, memory software are applications, programs, coding They are different careers - though I've seen some hardware guys switch over to coding. Easier job? There is no easy job in engineering. If you want easy, go into politics. I've never met a dumb engineer. I've met stupid engineers, but there's a difference. Both will pay well. If you have to ask these questions, I don't think you're well suited to engineering.