I graduated with computer science, and while I can’t say anything about the average, I make about 75k/year a few years out of college. The job market is kinda tough, even for compsci folks. Out of college, I started working as an IT person at a local construction company making $18/hr (don’t recommend, not a good time) and after 6 months I landed a state job. I’ve been coasting in the state since. I don’t make as much as I could in private, but the benefits and work/life balance are really enticing. Sac state is a good school, but it’s compsci program is pretty lacking imo, they teach some basic stuff but it’s pretty dated, and a lot of what you do in industry varies heavily from what you learn in school. Also, unless you’re one of those top of the line, above and beyond type programmers, don’t expect to get hired at Facebook/Google/Amazon out of sac state. If you’re looking at IT though, I’d honestly recommend going for a MIS degree, management information sciences, under the college of Business Administration. I feel that program is better for folks who wanna do IT/data science/business analysis/project management. More on reddit.com

How can I make cents when I got millions on my mind More on reddit.com

Title: Staff Data Scientist / Tech Lead Manager Tenure length: 3 months Location: Seattle/Hybrid Salary: $214K Company/Industry: MAANG Education: BS/MS Ops Research, PhD Statistics, MBA Prior Experience: Military Vet, Statistics Professor, Federal R&D, 2 Start Ups (20yrs total work history) Other Bonuses: 45K sign-on, 42K Bonus, $217 RSU Total Comp: $518K More on reddit.com

I started at 58k in Oklahoma but the I immediately moved to Chicago and was bumped to 70k More on reddit.com