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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: 3, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday November 03 2017, @09:10PM
I don't know where this meme of programmers being paid more than engineers comes from. What are they doing, comparing software guys with 10-20 years' experience with entry-level engineers?! Do these bullshit statistics assume that the only people who studied computer science all go on to launch successful and overvalued startups?!
I think it's a conspiracy. The ongoing conspiracy to flood the job market with Compsci grads to drive the wages down. The obligatory Muh shortage of Wymyn in STEM confirms that theory.
I been working in the goddamn industry for 15 years and even lowly entry-level technicians will call bullshit on this.