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You are in no way qualified for that job...[/quote] He or she might have had some schooling post-college . . . |
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18 years Minimum wage Cart retriever at A&P Ain't going to college |
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What if I told you the AVERAGE engineering major makes over 60K upon graduation? That would mean more than half do, right? http://www.doe.mtu.edu/news/degree_worth.html http://www.recruitingtrends.com/average-salary-offer-to-college-class-of-2011-rises Maybe you live in an area that doesn't have strong industry so the engineers there aren't really in demand and willing to work for cheap, the cost of living is significantly below average, or the engineers you know went to no-name schools that doesn't have companies that pay well recruiting there. Don't worry, if we stay engineers we will top out barely over 100K. The folks on wall street and consulting make us feel poor.[/quote] The average engineering major doesn't make $60k upon graduation. You need to look at the methodology from payscale.com. The median salary (including bonuses, overtime, etc.) for a 25 year old engineer with 2 years experience, who is employed full-time, is $60k. That means this doesn't include huge percentages of people who are either a) unemployed (~12% for people under 25 with a bachelors degree), b) under-employed or employed part time, or c) employed full time in another field. I bet the true median for fresh out of college 22 year olds is more like $35k once you factor in all of those who can't find full time employment as an engineer. |
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha *gasp* ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha |
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B.A. Economics (just) 50 Service manager in a company providing various technology and data to the financial industry $175K with $20-$50K bonus |
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51 High school grad by the skin of my teeth Recovering addict Insurance sales $147,000 this past year |
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha *gasp* ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha[/quote] What's so hard to believe about that? If he is a head research scientist/professor at a top tier school, it's not hard to believe at all. |
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MS - Sciences 46 Fed Gov 116K |
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Associate of Arts and Sciences 29 Commodity Broker $525,234 in 2011 |
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Finance 22 I-banker $140K |
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Political science and economics Few years of work Top 10 JD 45 Corporate attorney $650,000 |
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Unemployment is way, way lower for engineering grads than for the general population of recent graduates. I graduated last year with no internships or relevant work and got a job making 50k pretty quickly (which is low, but I can expect 6 figures with 5 years of experience at this job). Based on talking to friends, the average starting salary is probably about 55k. Everyone with a degree in one of the "standard" engineering disciplines is going to find a job within a couple months of graduating. |
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Major: Neurology + 8 years of school and 10 years of training Age: 43 Occupation: Neurosurgeon Salary: $500,000/year Might as well add: Former PR's 14:33/29:52/1:07:50 and marathon 2:36 Car: Lamborghini Reventon $5 million mansion now worth 7.5 million. |
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What's your average work week like?
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I went to an engineering school (though I was a bio major)and I have to say, I don't know anyone from my school who doesn't have a job and is making less than 60k. This includes both science and engineering majors, and we were class of 2009. There were a few in the GE Edison program who may have started in the 50k range while they were in the program but those people are now making over 70k.
Unemployment is way, way lower for engineering grads than for the general population of recent graduates. I graduated last year with no internships or relevant work and got a job making 50k pretty quickly (which is low, but I can expect 6 figures with 5 years of experience at this job). Based on talking to friends, the average starting salary is probably about 55k. Everyone with a degree in one of the "standard" engineering disciplines is going to find a job within a couple months of graduating.[/quote] |
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Economics 31 yo Finance/accounting manager $115k/yr. College prs 50./1:52/3:55 |
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52, Electrical Engineering BS MS, Japanese BA MA, entrepreneur/retired, salary is $0/year. |
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Ditto man. 25 BS Civil Engineering Civil Engineer (Private Firm) 60k w/mediocre bonuses/benefits In Bay Area so doesn't go too far. Thinking of quitting my job in search of greener pastures. My company acts like they're doing me a favor...lol |
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Age 32 Undergrad in Finance, MBA with Finance concentration Corporate Banking - Loan Originations $122,500 in 2011 |
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Criminal Justice 25 Cop 75000 |