HN Explorer

Ask HN: What are starting salaries for CS grads this year?

25 points by pm90 ↗ HN
Since this is a time when a lot of people are graduating/ getting job offers this might be something a lot of people are curios about.

If you're graduating and have offers on the table, would you mind posting a ball-park figure of what you're getting offered? I'd love to hear it.[0]

Also, please specify the location and whether BS/MS/PhD. Thanks!

[0]quoted from: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=178092

13 comments

[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 38.2 ms ] thread
ineedathrowaway
Hi, I created a throwaway bc it seemed tacky to associate my salary with my name. But I am a graduating BS student in Computer Science from a Big Ten School.

I have the following offers:

Microsoft (Redmond): $100k

Amazon (Seattle): $90k

Boeing (St Louis): $70k

IBM (Columbus): $65k

Nationwide (Columbus): $55k

It's also worth noting that Amazon and Microsoft each are giving generous relocation packages. And Microsoft gave me a $5000 dollar bonus when I signed.

coryl
Just out of curiosity, did you sign with Microsoft because the money difference?
ineedathrowaway
Yes! But I also really wanted to work for a large technology company (i.e. Apple, MS, Amazon, Facebook, or Google) but only Amazon and Microsoft recruit on my campus so I reached out to them out of access.
kombinatorics
"Hey Charlie, how does it feel to have a golden ticket?"

That is one hell of a line up aha. Is it possible if you can tell us what school you went to? My curiosity needs feeeeeeding!

ineedathrowaway
TBH, I feel so blessed! I never would have expected to receive such an offer.
xauronx
Well, now I feel like a piece of shit. That Ohio salary is funny though. That's pretty much what I see all the time here. Great developers with 2-3 years of experience and a bachelors degree are making $55k or less in Ohio. Kind of a bummer.
yen223
Malaysia, typical salary for new graduates is about RM30,000 (USD$10,000).

Don't work in Malaysia.

thifm
In Brazil it's around $20k.
speeder
I am from Brazil.

Here it is around 10k for recent graduates.

and 20k for average.

It tops at 35k for senior with 10 years of experience.

chudi
In Argentina its 19-20k for people with 5 years experience and a Ms as a Software Engineer maybe a little more for PM positions
_j5l3
In the valley, they're usually around 95-105k, depending on equity and stuff.
mansigandhi
I think it ranges from 95-110K right now in the CA Bay Area.