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I don't see anything that supports the hypothesis in the title. There's no indication of what these people who have "decades of experience" are earning, on the
by MCRed 12y ago
I don't see anything that supports the hypothesis in the title. There's no indication of what these people who have "decades of experience" are earning, on the graph.
And going by those numbers, it appears they are way off.
Judging by the salaries I know of a team I worked with recently, only 2-3 years of experience (and no degree) earns %30-%40 more than the degree starting amount. This implies you would be better off with 3 years of experience and no degree than spending 4 years getting a degree. Or even 3 years.
For those with even more experience the salaries ranged from twice to %150 of the starting income of recent college graduates.
Even a graduate degree doesn't seem to pay by these numbers.
Of course I'm eyeballing it with a relatively small sample-- but they aren't providing any statistically significant numbers for the experienced incomes.
- dijit 12y agoit's definitely not true that a degree in computer science will get you a higher starting amount than a person with even 1 year of industry experience. However, I have always been curious to see when/if the degree holders catch up- or if they surpass their non-degree holding brethren. Personally, I do not hold any formal education- and while working in London after 1 year I managed to get a "Senior Sysadmin" level salary.. but could I earn more with a formal education? without a degree I'd expect my salary to do this kind of thing: 75k | X 65k | X 55k | X 45k | X 20k |X__________ 0 4 8 12 16 with a degree, could it be more like: 120k| X 100k| X 75k | 65k | X 55k | X 45k | 20k |X__________ 0 4 8 12 16 (these are British salaries, before someone mentions that's very low for american/USD salaries)
- toxik 12y agoRight? I figure by investing years of practice into yourself, you're sending a very clear message that at least you believe yourself to be a valuable asset. I've seen smart people come to workplaces but, without any zest or vision, they wind up doing only the bare minimum all the time.