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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: 2, Insightful) by TheSouthernDandy on Thursday May 19 2016, @05:18PM
Amen. Same for scientists and engineers--the future is either in contracting, where no one can build up a coherent knowledge base over a career jumping from project to unrelated project, or in academia. Both are low-wage by current standards.
Or, take the risk, start a business, and get some original ideas out into the world...