I specifically mentioned doing 'ok' as a frame of reference. Those who do 'well' in a comp sci program tend to cluster in the top companies straight from colle

I specifically mentioned doing 'ok' as a frame of reference. Those who do 'well' in a comp sci program tend to cluster in the top companies straight from college and the top companies only negotiate ~20k on a 150-250k entry level offer. I did ok in college and very well in the private sector. I started as a sysadmin for a small finance company and am now a senior software engineer at Amazon Alexa working on ML for search. Hard work always pays off as long as your in the right field ( comp-sci is a great field ).