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Re:Students flee field as computer 'fad fades' (1987) by gambiting on Monday July 05, 2021 @03:41AM (#27735505)
"Also probably heavily affected my lifetime earnings as I started on £18k."

I graduated in 2014 and also started on £18k, as a junior C++ programmer :P Don't beat yourself up on it.

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Re:Students flee field as computer 'fad fades' (1987) by quickthrower2 on Monday July 05, 2021 @08:25PM (#27743116)
I don't beat myself up. I had 3 offers. 2 for 18k and one for 17k for the government. The fact I had 3 offers but nothing before that for 6 months was probably an artifact of getting better at interviewing. The job I eventually got I was accused of being "too polished".

The highest starting salary I applied for was 25k, and the highest I heard anyone get was 40k, but working on a trading desk for 12 hours a day.

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