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.

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Re:The best advice a new graduate can hear

[CrackedButter]

Your post was inspirational, i'm going to open a restaurant and sell things over various media outlets.

Re:The best advice a new graduate can hear

[cavemanf16]

Aw crap! When is /. gonna implement Bayesian based spam filters for spam posts?

Re:The best advice a new graduate can hear

[Loundry]

You know, your words are so true and so right yet so hard to take seriously from one of the less than 3 individuals in the western world who believes the HIV virus does not cause AIDS.

Your words are hard to take seriously because they are false. There are far more than 3 people in the world who doubt the HIV==AIDS HYPOTHESIS. Money and ego, not science, drive AIDS.

You must understand that a person can say both good things and bad things. You, as an individual, would do well to take the good and reject the bad. You don't have to accept my skepticism on the HIV==AIDS hypothesis. Just take the good stuff and forget all the other crap I write.

It's your *sig*

[xant]

Let me tell you something. Despite never having used illegal drugs of any kind (I don't even drink), I am strongly pro-legalization of marijuana and some other substances.

Does this mean I would give a presentation at a business conference wearing a shirt with a leaf and a logo that says "Legalize It"? I would not. Many people in the audience might agree with the sentiment on the shirt, but all of those people would look at me and think I'm an idiot; what I'm advertising has nothing to do with what I'm saying, and what I'm advertising is guaranteed to create controversy. The controversy distracts from the material I'm trying to present, so if I were to wear the shirt, I would be undermining myself.

Your sig is that shirt. If you want to be taken seriously, you should take it off.

Re:It's your *sig*

[Loundry]

Your sig is that shirt.

Argument by analogy.

If you want to be taken seriously, you should take it off.

My .sig has generated a lot of discussion. One of the biggest successes of the HIV/AIDS High Priests is to effectively silence any kind of discussion or criticism of their stance. How do you propose that I express my skepticism of the HIV==AIDS Hypothesis and be taken seriously? If my .sig is the wrong way to do it, then what is the right way? By measure of the awareness that I've raised by my .sig, I think my tactic has been highly effective.