Re:Software Engineering Grads Lack the Skills Startups Need
by stale2002 on Thursday August 29, 2019 @04:55AM
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> In aerospace and defense, some employers and even the government
Fortunately, I wasn't talking about areospace, or defense, or whatever. The vast majority of people who come out of CMU, are not working in these very specific job areas, so they aren't relevant.
Instead, they are working at SF tech companies like Facebook, and Apple, and the like.
And if you look at the places that the Info Systems people go to, it turns out that the vast majority of them have the job title "Software Engineer", making a median salary of 90k$:
It turns out that a whole bunch of people with these degrees are able to get top software engineering jobs at top tech companies.
> In practical terms, one might argue that better route for those industries at least is to choose a degree with higher perceived value.
No, the facts show that a very effective way of getting a prestigious job, working at a top tech company, with the official job title of Software Engineer, is to get an Information Systems degree. The stats I showed, prove it.
Fortunately, I wasn't talking about areospace, or defense, or whatever. The vast majority of people who come out of CMU, are not working in these very specific job areas, so they aren't relevant.
Instead, they are working at SF tech companies like Facebook, and Apple, and the like.
And if you look at the places that the Info Systems people go to, it turns out that the vast majority of them have the job title "Software Engineer", making a median salary of 90k$:
https://www.cmu.edu/career/documents/2018_one_pagers/dc/Bach...
It turns out that a whole bunch of people with these degrees are able to get top software engineering jobs at top tech companies.
> In practical terms, one might argue that better route for those industries at least is to choose a degree with higher perceived value.
No, the facts show that a very effective way of getting a prestigious job, working at a top tech company, with the official job title of Software Engineer, is to get an Information Systems degree. The stats I showed, prove it.