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Student developers were polled via 80 spring 2016 hackathons to asses how they feel about their career options. Some of the key finding were:
- 83% of students said they were looking for fulfilling careers, rather than simply for jobs.
- Students plan to stay an average of 2.9 years at their first full-time job.
- Students predict that they'll stay at later jobs for 5 years on average.
- Students expect to earn between $70–150K right out of school.
Details of the Devpost study can be found here.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 19 2016, @04:19PM
Pipefitters, machinists, and plumbers seem to do all right in this income range.
Of course there's that whole apprentice/journeyman period where they're not earning anywhere near that.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by vux984 on Thursday May 19 2016, @05:06PM
Of course there's that whole apprentice/journeyman period where they're not earning anywhere near that.
On the flipside they don't have that whole university period where they are net negative the whole time unless mom and dad are helping them float.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday May 20 2016, @12:25AM
Journeymen make extremely good wages. Even apprentices, who by definition barely know their ass from a hole in the ground, make more than the average schlub their age does. Contractors? They don't necessarily even get wages. They are the ones who pay wages and quite often own the company.
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