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>>If you graduate from any top 10 school in the US — which plenty of people do Yes, and globally that's still nothing. You are talking about the elite of the e
by gambiting 5y ago
>>If you graduate from any top 10 school in the US — which plenty of people do
Yes, and globally that's still nothing. You are talking about the elite of the elite, chosen ones among the chosen ones. In other 1st world countries, and even in majority of USA no, recent graduates are not paid quarter of a million dollars. There's a select, very exclusive, very limited group of people who do. But like others have pointed out already - that's not "typical" by any definition of the word.
- selestify 5y agoIt’s definitely not atypical when you’re talking about over a million people combined. That’s a pretty big population.
- gambiting 5y agoMilion people graduate from those top 10 universities every year? How big are those universities????
- hungryforcodes 5y agoExactly. Even if we take MIT which seems to graduate AT MOST 10,000 students each year -- times 10 (10x)-- it's only 100,000 graduates. The 1 million comes from where?
- gambiting 5y agoThey did reply earlier that they meant all people in US but later deleted the comment.
- hungryforcodes 5y agoAh, yeah I didn't see that :)
- selestify 5y ago
- gambiting 5y agoBut we are specifically talking about graduates being paid quarter of a million dollars, so why are you bringing absolute numbers into the mix? Should I compare it against the absolute number of people working everywhere in the world? Because then that million won't be so large suddenly. If you want to do this properly tell me how many graduates out of all graduates per year get paid quarter of a million dollars when they start. Because it will be such an insignificant number that again - using the word "typical" to describe it will be just delusional.
- selestify 5y agoI was paid nearly $200k on graduation. And I was the least paid out of all my classmates, because I went to Seattle instead of Silicon Valley.
- t-writescode 5y agoThe Median Income in King County, where you work, is 90k / year. That's absurdly high in this country; but it's still less than HALF what you make. Check yourself.
- e4e78a06 5y agoI wasn't aware that "elite of the elite" included many public schools that aren't even that difficult to get into. If you're a California resident UCSD, UCI, UCB, UCLA, UCSB are all accessible schools that give you a very solid shot at a FAANG job out of college. If you're a Michigan resident, same goes for UMich. Illinois, UIUC. Georgia, Georgia Tech. Texas, any number of great state schools. These schools are not that difficult to get into. They're also public, so there is no legacy shenanigans happening to boost wealthy applicants. If you grew up in a shitty high school, you can go to a community college and then transfer to one of these state schools. I know for certain California has excellent policies that favor CC applicants transferring in. There are multiple ways in the door if you apply yourself. Perhaps consider that a student that can't even get into a state school has no business or ability to write code at a level that would merit a 250k salary. The bar is on the floor.
- selestify 5y agoThat was literally me. Went to community college and, as you say, had a much easier time transferring to a UC. I wasn’t even among the smartest graduates in my program — not by a long shot. And yet, opportunities abound. Like I said, the software engineering job market is red hot right now. I rejected a few offers and they still asked me a few months later if I would be interested in joining. That’s how desperate they are for anyone with even a reasonable amount of talent.
- mrexroad 5y agoFwiw, while Ga Tech is not that difficult to get in to, their undergrad CS program is that difficult to graduate from.
- e4e78a06 5y agoWhich again supports the idea that it's about applying yourself and not about privilege or any other excuse that people use to justify their own shortcomings.