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How's that STEM education working out?
Much of the public enthusiasm for STEM education rests on the assumption that these fields are rich in job opportunity. Some are, some aren’t. STEM is an expansive category, spanning many disciplines and occupations, from software engineers and data scientists to geologists, astronomers and physicists.
What recent studies have made increasingly apparent is that the greatest number of high-paying STEM jobs are in the “T” (specifically, computing).
Earlier this year, Glassdoor, a jobs listing website, ranked the median base salary of workers in their first five years of employment by undergraduate major. Computer science topped the list ($70,000), followed by electrical engineering ($68,438). Biochemistry ($46,406) and biotechnology ($48,442) were among the lowest paying majors in the study, which also confirmed that women are generally underrepresented in STEM majors.
So study cybersecurity, not slime molds.
(Score: 2) by fliptop on Friday November 03 2017, @08:36PM (2 children)
CS is where the jobs are. At least, that's what we're told [youtube.com]. 500,000 open positions and 50,000 graduates? Simple supply and demand.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday November 03 2017, @09:18PM (1 child)
Good luck getting a job right out of college. Nobody's hiring grads, even those who did internships. If you want an "entry-level job" then you need at least three years' experience with a job title directly related to your degree.
I knew when I finally graduated last year that I was not going to be handed a job despite my 3.2 GPA and 15 years of experience as an electronics technician with many awards, deployed applications, and problem-solving abilities under my belt and a matter of record. What you see even in tech-heavy cities is recent grads (all types of engineering and compsci) starting work as entry-level technicians for $18-22/hr and working their way up.
This is why nepotism aka "networking" is so heavily emphasized in college like never before: Doing real due diligence in hiring is hard. Nepotism is easy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @12:55AM
Can't speak to EE, but as far as CS goes, the company I work for has only hired fresh college grads recently. They're cheaper, you see. Just hope none of them expect anything silly like a raise or a promotion, especially not for silly reasons like record profits.