I graduated last year in December, and there were numbers similar to this at the time. There is definitely some bias going on here.
Let me put it this way, if I get a job with my Comp Sci degree at 53k/year, I'll gladly tell my school, and, of course, they'll gladly share it. But what happens when I find that there are no jobs out there and end up taking one at 26k. I already know the average and that I'm far below it. Not only that, but the school doesn't want my data since it doesn't help them encourage people to enter that major.
So, kiddies, in summary, I question the data and suspect that we're only seeing the average of those graduates that chose to report their salary (to say nothing about those who never found a job...if you don't have a job, you can't report back...).
I recently (last year) took a college course entitled "Technology and Society". We touched on many of the tough issues in regards to technology and its use today. There are some really good case studies out there that should be viewed before even looking at current things that are going on.
* Therac-25: Here's a case where, partially due to errors in programming, some people were seriously hurt and 3 people were killed. Is it morally right to publish software with known bugs just to meet a deadline? What if it could hurt people? How badly must it hurt people before you blow the whistle and stop it from being published?
* IRS/public utility miscalculations errors: While the software might not control something that directly affects your body, how many people have had their lives ruined because good meaning people, who used a particular application, did something against them because the computer said so? In this case, I'm thinking of incidences when the IRS has scared and threatened people, ruined their credit, their jobs, and their families.
* Moving to more recent issues, we can discuss inventing things that may have moral dillemas attached to them (i.e. Napster, file sharing, IM clients).
I highly suggest getting a copy of the book A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase. I have an old version, but it should be in its second edition, recently revised (last year). Hope all this helps!
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I graduated last year in December, and there were numbers similar to this at the time. There is definitely some bias going on here.
Let me put it this way, if I get a job with my Comp Sci degree at 53k/year, I'll gladly tell my school, and, of course, they'll gladly share it. But what happens when I find that there are no jobs out there and end up taking one at 26k. I already know the average and that I'm far below it. Not only that, but the school doesn't want my data since it doesn't help them encourage people to enter that major.
So, kiddies, in summary, I question the data and suspect that we're only seeing the average of those graduates that chose to report their salary (to say nothing about those who never found a job...if you don't have a job, you can't report back...).
I recently (last year) took a college course entitled "Technology and Society". We touched on many of the tough issues in regards to technology and its use today. There are some really good case studies out there that should be viewed before even looking at current things that are going on. * Therac-25: Here's a case where, partially due to errors in programming, some people were seriously hurt and 3 people were killed. Is it morally right to publish software with known bugs just to meet a deadline? What if it could hurt people? How badly must it hurt people before you blow the whistle and stop it from being published? * IRS/public utility miscalculations errors: While the software might not control something that directly affects your body, how many people have had their lives ruined because good meaning people, who used a particular application, did something against them because the computer said so? In this case, I'm thinking of incidences when the IRS has scared and threatened people, ruined their credit, their jobs, and their families. * Moving to more recent issues, we can discuss inventing things that may have moral dillemas attached to them (i.e. Napster, file sharing, IM clients). I highly suggest getting a copy of the book A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase. I have an old version, but it should be in its second edition, recently revised (last year). Hope all this helps!