Does a software engineer have perfect grasp and understanding about every subfield in SWE? Ranging from DX to writing compilers or designing languages, SWE is an extremely broad field.

EE is no different.

I find most of these comments against my original points as me not explaining myself so well. And, I can say one thing for sure, EE's are good at downvoting! ;-)

I'm trying to say that EE, like MechE is not especially complicated. You have your theories you need to know but that's it. Yes, you can be inspired, you can figure out some trick. But: how often does an ME invent a fundamentally new mechanism? Pretty much never. How often does an EE invent a fundamentally new circuit? Pretty much never.

Now, how often does a CS person have to solve some nasty problem that has never been solved before --- every day!

I have done microwave engineering for over 20 years. I know what it takes. It's NOT Rocket Science, I assure you.

My degree (6-3) is in EECS from a small technical school on the banks of the Charles River.

So I'm not full of it when I make my statements; they come from over 50 years' experience.