The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon millions

Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by SEJeff on Thursday July 05, 2018 @11:51PM (#17468716)

It doesn't require an undergrad. I was in the US Army as a UAV pilot for 4 years, got out and got a job as a Unix Admin. I'm now a successful software engineer. Also, $240k is not obscenely high. Top end google engineers make more and that's about normal starting comp for a very talented engineer in certain segments of finance.

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Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by toomanybeersies on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:56AM (#17469231)

It doesn't strictly require an undergrad, no, but it helps to have one.

And $240k is very high for a non-management job, and compared to the median income and the minimum wage for the USA is obscenely high. Median household income is ~$60k, and median personal income is ~$30k. Minimum wage in the USA is around $15k.

In my books, 8 times the median income, or 16 times the minimum wage, is obscenely high. That kind of income disparity is not good for society.

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Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by SEJeff on Friday July 06, 2018 @10:44AM (#17471778)

My point was that it is not high in the world of software development. There are ranges much higher than the GP's stated $240k. I work in an industry where that is the case (finance).

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Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by bigiain on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:00AM (#17468975)

In one sense it's clearly not obscenely high - it's the median salary after all - _half_ of Facebook's employees make more than that.

But from the perspective of someone struggling to make minimum wage, I'll be it 100% is obscene...

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