There should not be any confusion whether ECE is a good branch or not. ECE is obviously a good branch to study but only if you have a passion in electronics.Not only ECE all branches are good if you have a passion in that particular branch.

Now coming to the second part of the question what everyone says should not matter a lot.I would like to tell what I have experienced in my college days and during placements.

Almost 70% of the total ECE students were placed in software companies.But what about the rest of the students so here comes the thing that I am trying to convey.There were people who were placed in very good core companies like Intel,Samsung Electronics ,Qualcomm and many more.

The thing is that the not all of the ECE students(including myself as well) are passionate about Electronics.Some of them took ECE because they could not get CSE,some of them took ECE because ECE students have both the opportunities of software and core.All these people go for software profile in the end since they were not completely focused in Electronics and opportunities in IT sector are also much higher now a days.

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ECE is a far better option in engineering but, however it depends upon your interest which stream you want to opt , it is a good stream if you want to go for engineering. ECE or Electronic engineering is an electrical engineering discipline which utilizes nonlinear and active electrical components to design electronic circuits, devices, VLSI devices and their systems. I hope this is helpful to you . ECE is a core branch that deals mainly with electronics and some communication and programming.ECE is obviously a good branch to study but only if you have a passion in electronics.As far as your job is concerned,you will have job opportunities in both software firms and core companies and the job offers and placement opportunities are more for this department when compared to other electrical branches of engineering

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