<p>^ Graduate school is something some people choose to do to become competitive for more interesting, higher-level jobs in industry, or to try to get into academics or research. The number of students at UCB who would decide to go to graduate school should be expected to be quite high, since these are some of the best students nationally. Also note that “unemployment” can only meaningfully be discussed for people seeking employment. People who choose graduate school are not “unemployed” in any real sense, even if you don’t consider graduate education an “occupation”.</p>
<p>So your logic is that some people get starting offers of $100k, the average is $70k, so most people earn less than $70k, so there is no demand for talent? Let’s just ask the obvious follow-up question: where are the $100k new grads coming from, and if they’re not in demand, why are they being offered so much? The best software engineers can be more productive by more than an order of magnitude compared to average software engineers, so why is a large spread in salaries surprising?</p>
<p>Would you link to your resume or website so we can evaluate your credentials ourselves? The phrase “sour grapes” comes to mind.</p>