These data are often so unrelatable. Would love to see it filtered for top 50 schools and kids with 3.0+ GPA (or some other reasonable measure of aptitude + ambition)
Why is computer engineering consistently a bit higher than computer science? I’m confused every time I see this, and it’s consistently been like this for over a decade. If anything the parts of CE that aren’t in CS pay much worse than pure software roles, and CS seems better for pure software (or at least for the interviews).
These numbers alone are of marginal utility.
They're missing std deviation and seniority level brackets.
CS probably the most individual contributor upward mobility as IC/L6+ can reach megabuck(s) per year TC.
Also not mentioned is the majors most likely to get MBAs and therefore more mobile.
A report like this one is why I got an engineering degree. It was a good decision.
Finance is such a broad scope.
If you tell someone that you have a job in finance, everyone thinks you’re a hotshot trader or investment banker making huge bucks. In reality, you’re more likely to be some back office operations drone. Still making decent money, but nothing spectacular.
The same doesn’t apply to software engineering…yet. Outside of the Bay Area and other US tech hubs, most people just have absolutely no clue what the upper range of tech compensation is like.