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I am just going on my experience, but according to glassdoor data scientists of the same years of experience earn about 20k more than senior software engineers
by tjpaudio 7y ago
I am just going on my experience, but according to glassdoor data scientists of the same years of experience earn about 20k more than senior software engineers here in Boston.
- touristtam 7y agoCould be really depending on location. Current Software Engineer, for full disclosure, pondering how to move away from the prevalent web dev job market where I currently reside. Data science seems to pay on par.
- codingslave 7y agoGlassdoor is not accurate
- treypitt 7y agosource?
- sidlls 7y agoDepends on the company. I fought the senior engineering leadership and HR to get data scientists on the same scale as engineers (they had previously been lower--much lower).
- learc83 7y agoEven if that's true, the OP was talking about mid level software engineers, so they would be leaving a field where they had 5 or so years of experience and moving into one where they had 0.