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Let's make sure to compare apples to apples, even when discounting the 9-month salary (no CS professor truly gets the summer off, that isn't how the academy fun
by tanderson92 11y ago
Let's make sure to compare apples to apples, even when discounting the 9-month salary (no CS professor truly gets the summer off, that isn't how the academy functions):
* Entry-level software engineers have 0 months experience.
* Full professors in CS have 5 yrs of a Ph.D., and perhaps 2-4 years of postdoctoral experience, and 5-7 years of professorial work.
- adminprof 11y agoTotally agree the comparison isn't equal. But what I'm saying is that the 9-month salary is already way higher than an industry salary. If they worked the 3 summer months funded by a grant, it's like getting a 33% bonus on top of their 9-month salary.
- tanderson92 11y agoYes I grant you the point about a 9-month salary, that's what I meant by discounting: to take into account. The main point remains, you cannot compare someone with 10-15 years post-college experience with a new hire. It's absurd.