You miss the point that it is important to make your voice heard.
If all people do is vote for consensus candidates they don't want, then all they will have to vote for is consensus candidates they don't want.
www.sensable.com is using voxels for their professional modeling application, FreeForm.
There are still issues with resolution and memory usage that limit this tech.
I was doing hiring at a local Boston sw/hw startup. We were paying $50K-$60K for entry level engineers from top-tier schools (MIT, Brown, etc). This was through 2003.
There has been downward pressure and salary increase limits (2-3%) since 2001.
Boston is a very expensive area to live in. In other parts of the country, I would expect less, so $40K does not seem terrible to start, depending on the location. In Boston, SF, LA, NY, or other expensive metro areas, it seems a little low.
My initial starting salary in 1989, in Boston for BBN (Bolt, Beranek, & Newman), was $32K, which was completely average at the time.
Adjusted for inflation using the CPI since 1989, an equivalent starting salary would be $46,792 - in Boston. Again, assuming your location is someplace less expensive, 15% less is not unreasonable.
Of course, you can always try to negotiate upwards, but as a new college grad, you don't have much leverage. Show your enthusiasm for the job and be polite in telling them what your expectation was. Maybe try to negotiate for non-monetary compensation like more vacation.
Try to get them to agree to doing an accelerated salary review (like 6 months or even 3 months) - it can backfire, but you need to take some of the risk.
You are also going to see lower salaries for jobs where there is a lot of talent (ie 2D GUI, databases). From a starting salary, you may also be able to get a relatively large raise (10%) the first couple of years.
If money is an issue and the raises are bad the first 2 years, (and assuming you are a top 10% developer), you probably need to move to a different company to bump up your salary, or at least make a credible threat to do so.
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You miss the point that it is important to make your voice heard. If all people do is vote for consensus candidates they don't want, then all they will have to vote for is consensus candidates they don't want.
www.sensable.com is using voxels for their professional modeling application, FreeForm. There are still issues with resolution and memory usage that limit this tech.
There has been downward pressure and salary increase limits (2-3%) since 2001.
Boston is a very expensive area to live in. In other parts of the country, I would expect less, so $40K does not seem terrible to start, depending on the location. In Boston, SF, LA, NY, or other expensive metro areas, it seems a little low.
My initial starting salary in 1989, in Boston for BBN (Bolt, Beranek, & Newman), was $32K, which was completely average at the time.
Adjusted for inflation using the CPI since 1989, an equivalent starting salary would be $46,792 - in Boston. Again, assuming your location is someplace less expensive, 15% less is not unreasonable.
Of course, you can always try to negotiate upwards, but as a new college grad, you don't have much leverage. Show your enthusiasm for the job and be polite in telling them what your expectation was. Maybe try to negotiate for non-monetary compensation like more vacation.
Try to get them to agree to doing an accelerated salary review (like 6 months or even 3 months) - it can backfire, but you need to take some of the risk.
You are also going to see lower salaries for jobs where there is a lot of talent (ie 2D GUI, databases). From a starting salary, you may also be able to get a relatively large raise (10%) the first couple of years.
If money is an issue and the raises are bad the first 2 years, (and assuming you are a top 10% developer), you probably need to move to a different company to bump up your salary, or at least make a credible threat to do so.