See what you are good at. You can do development based on hardware programming, such as ARM, the application of programmable logic devices in development (embedded) and so on, which is quite promising.
Another direction is to do integrated circuit design, learn several commonly used PCB wiring simulation software such as Protel and OrCAD, and then understand some wiring rules and EMC design rules, which is also a good direction for employment.
Hardware engineers don't eat the bread of youth. The older you get, the richer your experience and the more valuable you are.
The software and hardware of this major are all academic, and they prefer hardware.
Undergraduate employment destination: graduated from this major. Let me talk about it in combination with the actual situation:
The first is research and development, which can be done on hardware, such as power supply design and circuit design and wiring; Can be partial to the assembly of software, such as programmable logic, single chip microcomputer and embedded system.
Second, do technical support. This job involves not only certain skills, but also how to deal with people. It depends on whether your personality is suitable or not. Of course, even if you are not very good at this, you can practice step by step.
Third, do quality management and quality inspection. Compared with the first two, this job may not be so hard and life is relatively stable.
Others go to some electronics factories to do some production management and sales, because electronics majors have engineering-related professional backgrounds and have certain advantages over those who study management and sales.
Students who graduated from this major generally work in the Pearl River Delta (such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou and other places, as well as Beijing and Dalian). Since you said that there are many electronic enterprises in Guangzhou, you can try to get an internship, which is very useful for your future work. Most of the general employment units are Taiwan-funded, Korean-funded and Japanese-funded electronic enterprises, and well-known and unknown communication-related enterprises such as mobile Huawei also belong to the scope of employment. There are also some foreign-funded (European and American) enterprises recruiting this major. As for salary, it is above average among all majors. It depends on your school grades, work place, work and even personal ability, ranging from 2K to 6 K. Of course, there are also those who can't find a job in the end, so you can make good use of it as a freshman.