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Computer Engineering Degree Most Valuable
Anonymous Squonk writes "CNN reports on the National Association of Colleges and Employers quarterly salary survey. Computer Engineering degree holders once again command the highest starting salaries at an average of $53,117, but Chemical Engineering is gaining rapidly, and Computer Science graduate's salaries are up 8.9% over the year before. Most of the other geek disciplines rank high on the list as well." While starting salaries for some degrees are up, the overall situation is not very good - indeed, your salary may be decreasing.
In 5 or 10 years, your job will have been outsourced to India anyway, and you'll be unemployed, so I wouldn't worry about it.
I graduated with a BS in Computer Science and Math with a 3.1 gpa. Could you send some of your interviews my way? :)
is your "HR for a Fortune 500" actually a mask for "Admissions official for Washington University"?
I work in Human Resources at a Fortune 500, and I'm responsible for our campus recruiting program.
That explains why you are posting AC
Free XBox, PS2
>Me first. Company second.
Put this on top of every resume you send out.
How delusional is the alternative now?
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
"Hardest major" varies from college to college, I promise you.
At my college, Comp-E is considered about average in terms of difficulty, certainly not up there with the grand kahuna of doom, Aerospace engineering.
Mmmmkay. Solution is easy, vote me in and I'll attack those evil countries, select new leaders, and make sure they adopt the righteous american system regarding any areas necessary.
Yours,
GWB
Isn't McDonald's a Fortune 500 company?
Do you want fries with that?
Isn't WUSTL originally responsible for WU-FTPD, a notoriously buggy FTP server program?
Poor United Statesians. Up here in Canada I got a university degree (Computer Engineering, Waterloo) for ~$4,000/term (~$32,000 total), and with Co-op I've graduated with enough surplus to spend a month and a half traveling around the world.
:)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah!
If your resume and cover letter were written in a similar fashion, I am not surprised.:)
Is this a sigs-optional kind of place? 'Cause I am totally down with that if you know what I mean.
I'm in computer engineering, and I'm just sick of people with CS or even much lower degrees/certificates calling themselves computer engineers. Is the difference the course how to be an asshole 101 ?