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Re:Why some PhDs are quitting academia for unconventional jobs by ryanmercer on Monday July 23, 2018 @03:42PM (#17595349)
>In my department, students make about $40K/year as a base salary, which is not a lot,

Erm. It's the median personal income and more than like 61% of the country's population makes. More than I make after 12 years on the job.

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Re:Why some PhDs are quitting academia for unconventional jobs by dragonwriter on Monday July 23, 2018 @03:44PM (#17595367)
> It's the median personal income

But below median for a college graduate, much less one with an undergraduate degree in CS or another high-demand technical field, and way below median (and quite possibly poverty level) for some of the local areas where big-name CS graduate programs are located.

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Re:Why some PhDs are quitting academia for unconventional jobs by xiii1408 on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:50PM (#17596322)
I live in a high cost of living area, and starting salaries are usually around $100-140K.

Students in my program usually end up paying 40-60% of the base salary toward rent.

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