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What's the avg. salery for someone with a masters in Comp. Sci or Comp Eng.

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Well, I was thinkin about going into Comp Sci or Comp Eng because i've always loved computers but my dad wants me to do something else such as a doctor or something with more salery.....he's an engineer and he always says that he regrets that he became one b/c of the salery(90k after about 25yr's workin)......anyways whats the avg starting salery for someone graduating with a masters from a good college(I'll prolly goto the Univ. of MI) and maybe do and MBA too? I'm pretty sure he's not gonna get me to change my mind but idk.....
 
Right now starting in computer science is around $0 cause you'll have a hell of a time getting a job out of school. oh well that's now you have years yet...$90k/ in 25 years? Your mileage will vary. Obviously your father hasn't been doing computer science for 25 years right? That and computer engineering a different - which one do you want?

DO NOT get a job to please your parents. I hope he didn't intend that impression to be given for you. $90k is not chump change anyway; do what you like and chances are the money will be fine.
 
wow i'd be pretty disappointed if i got a masters in comp sci or comp eng and after 25 years i am only making $90k. I would think the average salary is probably around $70-80k for that. After 25 years though if you work yourself up...i don't think i'd settle for less than $200k at that point
 


<< such as a doctor or something with more salery >>


Medicine is not a field to get into for the money. It is my impression that too many people are already in the field for the money. Especially nursing.
 


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<< such as a doctor or something with more salery >>


Medicine is not a field to get into for the money. It is my impression that too many people are already in the field for the money. Especially nursing. >>

Yes I believe an incredible percentage of doctors choose the profession because of money, status, and because it's just something that smart students do. What should I be? Oh, I know. Doctor. What so many people don't realize is that the life of an MD is not simple and fun like on ER (sure it shows some stress on there but not as much as it should). $250k/year doesn't mean a hell of a lot if you're working 70+ hours a week and at the age of 40 you're on a full regimen of drugs to fight your stress. It's a great profession for some people it's such a lame thing to do if you "have nothing else you want to do" or your parents think you should do it. You might as well just give up now cause your life will be sh*tty, wracked with unpleasantness and your marriage will blow balls.
 


<< Medicine is not a field to get into for the money. It is my impression that too many people are already in the field for the money. Especially nursing. >>



I pray that you are being sarcastic.

Nursing IS NOT a field to go into "for the money". $35,000 - $40,000 a year to have a prick of a doctor shout ridiculous demands at you, working sh!t hours, having people die around you each day, and having to put up with the crap they do.

Yeh, just what I want to be doing for a rather "average" salary.
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Maybe in some parts of the country nurses are paid highly, but in most places there is a crisis going on because there is a huge shortage of nurses, mostly because of the reasons that I mentioned.

There are many areas of the health profession to make major $$ in. Nursing is not one of them.

Look into pharmacy. One of the best outlooks, in terms of available future jobs, and pay is VERY good as well.
 


<< I pray that you are being sarcastic >>


Unfortunately I wasn't. When I was attending college in GA there were quite a few nursing students in class with me and all any of them could talk about was what great money they were going to make. In that part of the country nurses did make above average money because of a shortage. To me, and this was really my point, medicine should be something you do because you want to help people not for the money. My experience indicates that this is not always the case.
 
You want money get an MBA from one of the good schools only though like wharten.

My wife a nurse and makes 27.50 an hour if that means anything? One brother is a GP physician and makes only 93K for keiser HMO. All out in California. Another brother is the sytem admin for the computer science department at Calpoly university and makes less than my wife. He has both BS an MS in CS from very good schools.

I think if it's money you want open a burger franchise or two or get an MBA from a good school and get a job on wall street.
 


<< One brother is a GP physician and makes only 93K for keiser HMO. >>

Your brother is a fully licensed medical doctor working full time making $93k?
 


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<< I pray that you are being sarcastic >>


Unfortunately I wasn't. When I was attending college in GA there were quite a few nursing students in class with me and all any of them could talk about was what great money they were going to make. In that part of the country nurses did make above average money because of a shortage. To me, and this was really my point, medicine should be something you do because you want to help people not for the money. My experience indicates that this is not always the case. >>



All her life my mom wanted to be a doctor or nurse because she has a huge 'helping people' urge. After my sister and I were in school, she went back to college and vacillated between nursing and med school before finally deciding to stick with nursing b/c med school would take too long. So she was a nurse for 5 years and she hated every minute of it, even though she was doing what she wanted to do her whole life. The long hours and the putting up w/ doctors -- even though she did a lot better than most nurses in this regard -- she would come home every day and just eat dinner that my dad had made or we had taken out, and she would go straight to the bathtub and then to bed. It wore her out physically and emotionally, every single day.

She quit her nursing job and got a job as a pharmaceutical rep, and she's making better money for fewer hours and far less stress. 🙂

Wow, I just realized that this post was really off topic. Oh well....
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Mrs. skoorb finishes nursing school end of the week :Q Her mom is a nurse and likes it but she does public health stuff - doesn't work in a hospital. I suppose it depends what branch of nursing you are and what sort of personality you have as to whether it clicks with that or not.
 


<< wow i'd be pretty disappointed if i got a masters in comp sci or comp eng and after 25 years i am only making $90k. I would think the average salary is probably around $70-80k for that. After 25 years though if you work yourself up...i don't think i'd settle for less than $200k at that point >>



Hah, you sound just like my roommate who is just finishing his Masters in CS. Just because you have a degree does NOT entitle you to mega-bucks. I'm afraid you still need experience and soft skills to work your way up to the BIG salaries.

Do you really think you can just wave your Masters degree around and have people flock to you with job offers?

(sorry, but this kind of arrogance really burns my ass)
 
Well first off, if you are using salary to choose between a career, i think that's not such a wise decision. I mean you can use it to a certain extent, but if you are choosing whether or not to go to CS or CmpE, then I would ask myself which one I am more interested in. CS has alot of programming, so ask yourself.......do you like programming? Do you know programming already and program in your spare time?

Or do you hate programming and think of it ONLY as a tool and nothing else? If so, then maybe you should go to CmpE.

Those are the questions you should be asking yourself.......and not whether which one pays more.....cuz first off......both pay pretty well, so i think the most important thing to think about are your interests.

Cuz when you are studying, doing homework, or finishing a project at 2 am in the morning, it helps to have a motivator, and I find that the lust for money doesn't work as well as real self interest in the subject.
 


<< You want money get an MBA from one of the good schools only though like wharten.

My wife a nurse and makes 27.50 an hour if that means anything? One brother is a GP physician and makes only 93K for keiser HMO. All out in California. Another brother is the sytem admin for the computer science department at Calpoly university and makes less than my wife. He has both BS an MS in CS from very good schools.

I think if it's money you want open a burger franchise or two or get an MBA from a good school and get a job on wall street. >>



Even MBA's from the VERY top schools only make like $110k salaried straight outta school. Outside of the top ten, you're looking at like $90k. And it doesn't climb as much as one might think.

After graduating from a top 25 law school and going into a big law firm, the base partner salary (remember, you've gotta work there for 8 years or so to make partner) is around $300k. Associates at big firms can start at around $120k, depending on where it's located.

A good friend of ours worked for Merck as a sales rep for 20 years. (just a basic BA from a normal college) He recently quit his job with over $1mil in stocks and the like.

A good contractor can make a *LOT* of money. I don't have any figures, but I've seen some of their houses :Q

The point of all of this? There's a few million ways to skin a cat. And some of those ways that society promotes as being the best, aren't always the best choice. Go with what you like. If you really like it and you're good, you'll make money.
 
after I graduated with a BS in Comp Sci. in June i had offers that ranged from 50K to 84K with only my under grad degree, if i get masters i think its not unreasonable for me to find that my salary is 150k+ within 5-7 years.
 


<< after I graduated with a BS in Comp Sci. in June i had offers that ranged from 50K to 84K with only my under grad degree, if i get masters i think its not unreasonable for me to find that my salary is 150k+ within 5-7 years. >>

I really think based on what you've said on AT in the past that you are a very unusual case. Most people won't find themselves in the same sort of position as you or have that much opportunity. Whether you work hard, are smart, come off well, or a combo of all I think you don't really represent the norm. You're a porn star baby!
 


<< after I graduated with a BS in Comp Sci. in June i had offers that ranged from 50K to 84K with only my under grad degree, if i get masters i think its not unreasonable for me to find that my salary is 150k+ within 5-7 years. >>



I'll assume that these offers were all in the Redmond area. The cost of living is sky high... no? You wouldn't be getting 84K offers in areas with a normal cost of living.
 
<<<< <I>One brother is a GP physician and makes only 93K for keiser HMO.</I> >>

Your brother is a fully licensed medical doctor working full time making $93k>>

Just wondering, is that base pay or after insurence and other expences?
 
Geez, I can't believe people are complaining about making "only" 90-100K/yr.
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<< Medicine is not a field to get into for the money. It is my impression that too many people are already in the field for the money. >>

Agree 100%


<< Your brother is a fully licensed medical doctor working full time making $93k? >>

That's not an uncommon salary for a general practice physician.
 


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<< Your brother is a fully licensed medical doctor working full time making $93k? >>

That's not an uncommon salary for a general practice physician. >>

Well that's just down right nasty. A GP in eastern canada, of all places, can make more than that. For an MD that's chump change considering how much it costs to get your degree, and the time involved and more importantly the fact that if he changed his focus he could make a butt load more. I suppose he maybe enjoys it but still that's weird that a doctor in eastern canada can make as much as a guy in California.
 
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