刚才在 quora提问了同样的问题，犹豫数月，已经处于gap期间，该不该转CS呢?

犹豫数月要不要转CS，本科土木，并不讨厌土木，可是相对于土木的铁打的规范和经验所得的公式等等，更喜欢CS清晰的理论(算法吧)，当然在US就业的优势(不知以后会不会是优势)也是吸引我的一大原因.
虽然身边的人对我的印象是我研究生不学土木吃亏了(丢掉知识体系)，但我其实也清楚自己几斤几两(营造错觉的主要原因是我在一所985学校，成绩也很靠前，成绩好主要因为同学都不学，我还起码做作业，期末考也很水)。自己的力学功底现在肯定也比不过准备过考研的同学了(当初放弃了保研)。

目前我纠结的问题是，我更喜欢CS，但是因为学的不深，也不知道以后对cs的感觉，转专业貌似只看重了在美帝就业的优势，可是现在任何专业都在转CS，而且土木听说也在回暖，不知怎么抉择

Btw,申请土木可以申请个不错的学校，cs就不用想了

下图是我在quora的问答，两位答主表达了不同意思，就是我纠结之处




下图是第一位教授给我的链接，看样子貌似是computer programmer 的工作要减少，没仔细看，可是别的CS工作依然不少










. check 1point3acres for more.



下图是h1b情况，没仔细看









补充内容 (2016-10-12 19:42):
又有个回答说
If Mrs Clinton will be the President—it will be more jobs for civil engineers. Wait and see.
我一脸懵逼

说一下我的看法，思维混乱，想哪说哪，严重跑题。

本人之前在国内一所充满理科色彩的学校读了ME，作为机械工程师来美帝之前还不会画CAD，各种力学倒是灌了半肚子。读master期间人人都喊ME工作难找，是难找。但是到底你能不能找到和你找到以后喜不喜欢以及未来的上升空间如何（...＠＠...）只有你做过了才知道了。ME的寒冬，我也拿了7次Apple的面试（当然也被拒了7次）（微笑），最后不大不小的offer也拿了俩。大环境当然有影响，修行还是靠个人。别人跟你说的一切都是根据自己的故事和听来的别人的故事嚼一嚼喂给你的（吐），还是那句，到底工作好不好找，去试试就好了。发现没意思了再换又能有多难。可能本人公司奇葩，来这儿画了几周图，都开始怀疑人生了，于是跟老板说了说，又去写了俩月代码，觉得也就这样了。也有可能不是在APPLE TESLA做的ME 不是在FLAG写的代码，感受不到state of arts长啥样，所以感到无聊，于是都干了一圈就有想找个机会去做做data了。就跟本科修了经双唯一的收获就是发现自己以后干不了这事儿（是我蠢）。所以啊，见异思迁也不是什么坏事儿，说不定迁着迁着就发现真爱了呢。

所以回到楼主这里（...），，放不下土木，那就去搞一搞，要还想去转转CS，实在不行读个online cs master，先去不了大公司，小公司说不定能当冤大头呢。还这么年轻（I assume），大不了走歪几步又能咋样。

回去写代码了。。下周tesla还等着据我呢。。（微笑）

1. more civil jobs -> do they need international students?
2. less jobs in computer programming -> more jobs in computer sciences...
讲真转专业这种事， 要么是推力，要么是拉力，要么都有，civil 对于lz不是推力，就看cs的拉力大不大了

heydwade1 发表于 2016-10-7 13:19
和你考虑一样的问题，不知道会不会因为工作机会变多然后招聘国际学生，然而ＣＳ无疑会竞争越来越大

一个传统行业回暖，我觉得起伏应该不大，是从低迷回复到正常水平，而如果到招聘国际生的程度，那就是找到新的爆发点了，比如需要大兴土木？我也不是很了解。

黏贴上来文字的quora内容，方便大家查看Should I change my major from civil engineering to CS?

I 've heard it's relatively easy to pursue a career in CS for an international student without PR than in civil engineering in US .BTW,is it getting more competitive?

J. Lee Anthony, UC Berkeley grad, Stanford alum, Harvard fellow, former professor and directorWritten Thu

A2A. I would not use “easier to pursue a career … in US” because there are fewer H-1B visa, see USCIS Reaches FY 2017 H-1B Cap.

“Employment of civil engineers is projected to grow 8 percent from 2014 to 2024, about as fast as the average for all occupations. As infrastructure continues to age, civil engineers will be needed to manage projects to rebuild bridges, repair roads, and upgrade levees and dams as well as airports and building structures of all types,” see U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you want to compare other occupations, see U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

What this means is your assumption is wrong about there being fewer jobs in CE, so you need to rethink your reason for wanting to change majors. Rather than make a judgment call for you, I would suggest that you use majoring in CS as Plan B. I would tell you to first minor in CS, and if you decide to change majors, you can convert your minor into a major.

Bottom line: I do not know if you should change majors from CE to CS, but what I do know that future employment that is actually increasing should not be the deciding factor.

Peter Okwuosah, Coming from someone who is pursuing their degree in engineeringWritten 11h ago

sure if you want more pay and feel you can make a bigger impact. opportunities will be different. gotta decide it from experience like from internships and such

Andrew Targowski, Published 40 books on IT, civilization and wisdom.Written 8h ago

If Mrs Clinton will be the President—it will be more jobs for civil engineers. Wait and see.

下面是工作增减的情况

occupation

entry-level education

on-the-job training

projected number of  new jobs

projected growth rate

2015 median pay

Civil engineers                                                                                        Bachelor’s degree                    None           10,000 to 49,999        0 to 9 percent                            $75,000 or more



Computer and information research scientists                         Doctoral or professional degree                 None        1,000 to 4,999            10 to 19 percent                        $75,000 or more
Computer and information systems managers                                         Bachelor’s degree                     None        50,000 or more            10 to 19 percent                       $75,000 or more
Computer hardware engineers                                                                 Bachelor’s degree                     None        1,000 to 4,999             0 to 9 percent                          $75,000 or more
Computer network architects                                                                   Bachelor’s degree                     None        10,000 to 49,999        0 to 9 percent                           $75,000 or more
Computer network support specialists                                               Associate’s degree                          None        10,000 to 49,999         0 to 9 percent                           $55,000 to $74,999
Computer programmers                                                                          Bachelor’s degree                     None        Declining                       Declining                                   $75,000 or more
Computer science teachers, postsecondary                           Doctoral or professional degree                  None        1,000 to 4,999             0 to 9 percent                           $55,000 to $74,999
Computer systems analysts                                                                   Bachelor’s degree                       None        50,000 or more           20 to 29 percent                        $75,000 or more
Computer user support specialists                                                  Some college, no degree                    None        50,000 or more            10 to 19 percent                       $35,000 to $54,999
   

下面是h1b情况
USCIS Reaches FY 2017 H-1B Cap
Release Date: April 07, 2016
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2017. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advanced degree exemption.

USCIS will use a computer-generated process, also known as the lottery, to randomly select the petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 visas for the general category and 20,000 for the advanced degree exemption.

USCIS will first randomly select petitions for the advanced degree exemption. All unselected advanced degree petitions will become part of the random selection process for the 65,000 general cap. The agency will reject and return filing fees for all unselected cap-subject petitions that are not duplicate filings.

Before running the lottery, USCIS will complete initial intake for all filings received during the filing period, which ended April 7. Due to the high number of petitions, USCIS is not yet able to announce the date it will conduct the random selection process.

USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions filed on behalf of current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap, and who still retain their cap number, will also not be counted toward the congressionally mandated FY 2017 H-1B cap. USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to:

Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States;
Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers;
Allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and
Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position.
U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in occupations that require highly specialized knowledge in fields such as science, engineering and computer programming.

We encourage H-1B applicants to subscribe to the H-1B Cap Season email updates located on the H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Cap Season Web page.

For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit uscis.gov or follow us on Facebook (/uscis), Twitter (@uscis), YouTube (/uscis) and the USCIS blog The Beacon.

现在CS形势没有那么好了。。。谨慎

chenqidi 发表于 2016-10-7 11:39
现在CS形势没有那么好了。。。谨慎

是额，ＣＳ寒冬的消息太多了，可是不知道土木会不会回暖

Raymomd 发表于 2016-10-7 12:52
1. more civil jobs -> do they need international students?
2. less jobs in computer programming ->  ...

和你考虑一样的问题，不知道会不会因为工作机会变多然后招聘国际学生，然而ＣＳ无疑会竞争越来越大

chenqidi 发表于 2016-10-7 11:39
现在CS形势没有那么好了。。。谨慎

刷了题也不好找工么    想简单了解下CS今年的就业形势呢