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I'm elsewhere in the southeast, studied comp sci 15 years ago at a moderately well-regarded (though possibly not for CS) university, and most people I know from

I'm elsewhere in the southeast, studied comp sci 15 years ago at a moderately well-regarded (though possibly not for CS) university, and most people I know from university or from previous jobs are on 30-45k AFAIK. Of course, we may be too old, and earn less than those with 5 years' experience who have better knowledge of this week's single-page JS framework... (my sample group includes some pretty dedicated, smart people as well as barely-adequate slackers like myself) But we do all get decent holidays and sick days, which is a definite bonus.

Silhouette 11y ago
There's certainly an element of having the right buzzwords for a lot of the most lucrative contract work, at least for the gigs that get advertised on the serious forums or filled through recruiters. Cloud plus Agile still seems to be the flavour of the month. There are always opportunities in serious back office/infrastructure programming (Java, C#, C++) in fields like banking, too, but those positions often require relevant experience of their field as well as the programming skills, or at least say they do in the ads. Whether a 15-year vet would do a better job picking up this week's buzzwords on the go than a 3-year newbie who has never known anything else is a different question, of course.