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NY state pays all IT people (with a 4-year degree) $56K to start currently. Of course, you get a pension(!) and good health insurance. Private sector companies
by perl4ever 7y ago
NY state pays all IT people (with a 4-year degree) $56K to start currently. Of course, you get a pension(!) and good health insurance. Private sector companies often don't pay much higher, and have much worse benefits.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoIT is not comparable to SWE.
- perl4ever 7y agoAll of the latter are a subset of the former in this context. And of course, many people go from, say, QA, help desk, 3rd tier support, or programmer/analyst to developer.
- walshemj 7y agoThat's situational in the UK IT is short hand for working in tech
- perl4ever 7y agoSoftware engineering isn't IT, and it isn't engineering, according to the know-it-alls (ok, probably different people), so what does that leave? Fact remains, some organizations classify everyone as an IT specialist that does anything with a computer.