Why does this thread get bumped every few years?
Why does this thread get bumped every few years?
OP, please report in on how your son had done!
I have (had) a co-worker who my company recruited as a new college grad. BSEE. He worked for us in San Jose for about 4 years and left about a month ago to go do encryption s/w development at Amazon. He did EE h/w and s/w (C++) development at my company. His salary at Amazon? $200K, according to him. Not including whatever bonus/RSU and such. The location of his new job is Palo Alto.
common now, but yes a bit crazy wrote:
Big John wrote:
I have a hard time envisioning a company paying $200,000 for a computer programmer fresh out of college. I'm in electrical engineering, which admittedly is different, but I just can't see how you could sell a new hire at a price like that to upper management.
In any case though, it's still a good career choice. I think some of the comments about software jobs going overseas are valid concerns. One niche that might be safe from outsourcing is defense. I have some friends who are computer programmers with DoD security clearances, and they do pretty well. Granted they are not programming the venerable, morally superior, and socially conscious iPhone or whatever, but it's good work if you can get it.
I agree that the numbers are getting pretty crazy but $200k is the entry number for the top tech firms. Now it is split as base + bonus + RSUs (which vest over 3-5 yrs) but the numbers are right.
Higher numbers are actually in the “quant” finance/HF space (mostly a mix of math and programming). These jobs will go from $200-400k for entry level and have higher ceilings. Now these also have a lot more volatility and obviously less job security.
The post you responded to was from 8 years ago, dummy. Things change.
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Kids wanna do weird stuff..... wrote:
My son wants a to be a $200,000/year Silicon Valley Software Engineer when he's 22. He's 15 and plays WR on theFB team. We live in the Midwest. Aside from the obvious (UCR, UCI, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal Tech, Cal, UCSD, UCSC, UCD, WCC Conf, Cal Polys, Cal States) which schools are best ? (I want a good return on the investment I make in my son).
Is there anything he actually wants to create or a problem he wants to work on? And you kinda imply that you see your son as a financial investment. Geez. From the little you wrote, your whole family culture sounds depressing.
bfef wrote:
Kids wanna do weird stuff..... wrote:
My son wants a to be a $200,000/year Silicon Valley Software Engineer when he's 22. He's 15 and plays WR on theFB team. We live in the Midwest. Aside from the obvious (UCR, UCI, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal Tech, Cal, UCSD, UCSC, UCD, WCC Conf, Cal Polys, Cal States) which schools are best ? (I want a good return on the investment I make in my son).
Is there anything he actually wants to create or a problem he wants to work on? And you kinda imply that you see your son as a financial investment. Geez. From the little you wrote, your whole family culture sounds depressing.
From the little you wrote, you sound like a chowderhead.
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