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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 Friday May 20 2016, @02:15AM
Mid-90s, I got the first wiff Machintosh (was never a computer nerd) and realized my degree (graphic design) was about worthless. I could see all print and layout going to computer systems soon enough, so I had spent the last few years learning a dead skill.
Quite right there.
Spent the next ten years rebuild my savings, and armed with a BLS forecast for the next decade, picked a job I could afford the schooling for that still had good prospects: nursing.
When I hear how disconnected new graduates are from reality, and especially with the student debit crisis looming (let's wreck the economy again for your unrealistic expectations) ; I'm in favor of executing them in the street :)