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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: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 19 2016, @04:42PM
I was hired right out if college a year ago. Have you considered that since 80% of these students want fulfilling jobs they chose a field they like instead if whatever offered the best money?
Maybe I could earn more as a welder (after apprenticing for jackshit for years), but I don't like welding. I like programing and playing with new tech.
Admittedly their salary expectations are a little high, but I'm still within the lower bound. So it's not unrealistic.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 19 2016, @05:39PM
Admittedly their salary expectations are a little high
A little? You think?
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday May 19 2016, @08:13PM
Well, maybe they factored in inflation by the time they'll leave school. ;-)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 20 2016, @02:31PM
Does it factor what school they are from and where they plan on living? $120-150K seems reasonable for Stanford in Silicone Valley
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday May 19 2016, @08:10PM
I knew the first dot com bubble was going to burst when I heard people right out of school were demanding desks made out of Lego.
I decided I was still interested in computer science, even though there would be few jobs in the field.
I think my interests have drifted to computer engineering since then though (despite the lack of jobs in the field).
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 19 2016, @08:27PM
Considering that most of them are know-nothing morons, their salary expectations are way too high.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday May 20 2016, @12:33AM
There's no such thing as a fulfilling job. You will always work for an asshole. If you think your job is an exception because your boss isn't an asshole, start polishing your resume up because that company is going under due to poor management. Go for the money so you at least have something to show for it.
Seriously though, fulfilling jobs can only be held by exceptionally well adjusted individuals. And they're extremely rare. It's not the job that makes it fulfilling, it's your attitude.
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