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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: 3, Interesting) by mechanicjay on Thursday May 19 2016, @04:47PM
It also depends on where you are and what program you're coming through. Where I work now, all the CS students either have $100K+ jobs lined before graduation or are going on for their PhD. Where I used to work, only the top 10% of the class were in that boat. Still, It's not an unreasonable expectation for say the top 25% of CS students right now. Even the middling students can do okay for themselves.
Remember, there are certain regional job markets in this area where companies cannot import tech talent fast enough. YMMV.
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