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I'm struck by seeing headlines like these and the layoffs but then hearing anecdotally of people graduating with CS degrees making 6 figures out of the gate. Th

I'm struck by seeing headlines like these and the layoffs but then hearing anecdotally of people graduating with CS degrees making 6 figures out of the gate. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 25% growth 2022-2032 for software engineers, compared to 10% for Mechanical Engineers, and a current $30K higher median pay. I look at Indeed and for software engineer and there are 65K jobs while for mechanical engineering there are 18K. Is the market really bad? I haven't accounted for relative populations but it just seems like despite the all the headlines it's still a good place to be.

mkatx 3y ago
I'm interested in this too! I'm a CS student with peer anecdotes of $140k/year starting their first role this past year. Yet I was laid off in Dec 2022 and haven't had any luck even with some industry experience.. What's going on? Maybe I'm missing a public portfolio..
972811 3y ago
if you can get a job, the jobs still pay well. but the availability is SIGNIFICANTLY decreased. so the stanford cs grad can probably get a 100K job straight out of college, while people lower down on the totem pole may be unemployed or taking very low paying jobs. similar to how law is structured