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

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Post by jon_dahl » Thu, May 01, 2008, 7:38 PM UTC

skavish wrote: post #86

apotheon wrote: post #74

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Are you saying that $30K is like $40K after taxes? It'd be closer to $55K, I think. Taxes are insane in the US (though nothing like northern Europe).

for a salary of $40K the taxes would be around 20-30% in the US depending on your family situation

Total taxes in the US on a $40K salary for a single person with no other income and no other deductions: about $4,200 (10.5%). The marginal tax rate is higher, of course, and state taxes will add a little, but not too much.

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

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Post by jon_dahl » Thu, May 01, 2008, 7:39 PM UTC

Man - my first job out of college was $16/hour. That's what I get for majoring in philosophy.

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

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Post by cousin_it » Thu, May 01, 2008, 8:14 PM UTC

apotheon wrote: post #90

cousin_it wrote: post #84

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Hey, my lot in life isn't too bad! :-) I launched a non-profit project that's fairly important to me ( http://openphotovr.org ) this winter. Now thinking about starting something else, for money, not sure what exactly.

The website doesn't work so well for me. It says it requires Flash (even though I have a Flash plugin installed).

Thanks. What browser and Flash version? Does this help: http://openphotovr.org/index.html?detectflash=false ?

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

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Post by antiismist » Thu, May 01, 2008, 8:17 PM UTC

dcurtis wrote: post #78

iamelgringo wrote: post #15

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Moscow's supposed to be about as expensive to live in as the Bay Area or Manhattan from what I've read. Rents here in the Bay area are around $1400 for a 1 bedroom apartment. What are they in Moscow?

In San Francisco, 1400 dollars will barely get you a studio (in the interesting parts of the city).

You can get a studio in a nice part of town for a lot less than that.

Two years ago I had a great studio in downtown SF for $650. I can't imagine things have changed that much since then.

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

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Post by ia » Thu, May 01, 2008, 8:18 PM UTC

aggieben wrote: post #75

In 2005, I had two offers upon finishing my master's: one in Austin for $61K and one in the Dallas area for $64K. My officemate took an offer in Baltimore for $75K-ish, I think.

did you have any professional experience prior to that? i graduated in 05 with a ba in english, but will have my MS in CS in early 09 (so it'll have been about 3.5yrs of CS)... my professional experience is limited, so i anticipate a weird situation where i'm looking for jobs that i seem over qualified for (on paper) but may be under qualified for because i don't have the 3-5 years professional experience required...

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

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Post by monological » Thu, May 01, 2008, 8:34 PM UTC

my buddy just got a job in san jose w/ a salary around ~$86K

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

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Post by r0bert0 » Thu, May 01, 2008, 8:38 PM UTC

Bachelor's CS from Rutgers: IBM $75K, MS $90K offers. Took IBM because of a signing bonus and you work less hours (doing a startup in the other hours), and work from home. Living in East Village in Manhattan for $1900/month studio and i'm fine (except when a girlfriend is in the picture).

Know a few others for IBM BS CS (all over US) that start at approximately $60-$65K. If you want higher, do an internship with the group you want to go fulltime with, then get your manager to go to your VP for a higher starting (that's the only way in IBM).

Know a few Rutgers BS CS who started with financial companies in Manhattan (e.g. Merril Lynch), and they started at $60K, which was a bit surprising b/c NYC ain't cheap. Apparently, you get whipped around for a few years in the financial district and then you start getting huge bonuses and raises.

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

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Post by crxnamja » Thu, May 01, 2008, 9:22 PM UTC

as a biz major i was offered $100k after 1 year out of college in a pm role by a major ocmpany.

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

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Post by menloparkbum » Thu, May 01, 2008, 9:57 PM UTC

antiismist wrote: post #94

dcurtis wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In San Francisco, 1400 dollars will barely get you a studio (in the interesting parts of the city).

You can get a studio in a nice part of town for a lot less than that. Two years ago I had a great studio in downtown SF for $650. I can't imagine things have changed that much since then.

You cannot get a studio for $650 in any part of san francisco, much less a nice part. Just go to craig's list and do a search for apartments less than $650. ZERO results show up.

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

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Post by humanlever » Thu, May 01, 2008, 10:44 PM UTC

lyime wrote: post #68

Friend just got offered 90K from both Adobe and Amazon. Got rejected from Google and MSFT. Has had quite a few good internships.

According to Fortune's best places to work (http://tinyurl.com/3dofj9), Adobe isn't a bad gig.

You can use the same list to see what people are making at different companies and what kinds of perks they're getting. i.e. A software developer at the SAS Institute pulls down $104,566/yr.