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Define "much" less. I doubt any company pays a MSCS less than 50-55 K right out of school
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<p>I hope so, considering that, as I posted before, the average starting salaries for BSCS's in 2007 (not MSCS's, but BS*CS's) was 53k. I would hope that earning a master's degree would not cause your salary to go *down. </p>
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You should also know that they can always outsource programming.
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<p>So who haven't companies been outsourcing the jobs of all those grads who comprise those surveys I posted? Why is the nationwide average starting salary of BSCS grads 53k? Why don't they outsource those jobs? Why is the average San Jose State MSCS grad getting 77k? Why don't they just outsource all of those jobs? Are all these companies just being dumb?</p>
<p>i agree w/ sakky, scorp and others. One can actually find number of postgraduate surveys online and those will give you actual salary #s (average salary for BSCS graduates and all the others). </p>
<p>Btw, higest salary for BSCS from my school on 2005 was almost 6 figures, believe it or not.</p>
<p>I recently completed my masters in software engineering. I am very interested in the field but have no experience. This would be a career change for me, currently a manager in the telecomm industry. </p>
<p>I have been contacted by several companies, however, each wants specific skills sets. I see volunteering is one avenue, but not very practical. </p>