{"id":11928,"date":"2022-04-06T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=11928"},"modified":"2022-04-06T12:48:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:48:24","slug":"whats-your-real-engineering-computer-science-job-like-4-alumni-answer-student-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/whats-your-real-engineering-computer-science-job-like-4-alumni-answer-student-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;What&#8217;s your real engineering\/computer science job like?&#8221; 4 alumni answer student questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four College of Engineering &amp; Applied Science alumni recently took time to meet with ten current undergraduate students and share stories about what it\u2019s like to work in the fields of engineering and computer science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who live in the Engineering House for CEAS Majors, a Living Learning Community, talked with the alumni over dinner at the Sandburg Residence Hall in March. 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