Differences in starting salary among different engineering majors

coolweather
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:59:55 +0000

ken285:

The descriptions about Computer Hardware Engineer, Computer Software Engineer, Electrical Engineer, and Electronic Engineer are not really correct. Compter hardware engineers don’t design computer chip (that is the job of an electrical engineer with micro-electronic specialty). People don’t call Computer Software Engineers Computer Engineers. In the industry, people don’t really differentiate Electrical Engineers and Electronic Engineers (they did that probably 10-20 years ago. Now everyone is Electrical Engineer).

Now, take a look at the description of software application engineer. “The programming languages most often used are C, C++, and Java, with Fortran and COBOL used less commonly. Some software engineers develop both packaged systems and systems software or create customized applications.” This is obsolete. The programming languages most often used these days are in the following order: C#, java, C++,…

The salary distribution of software engineers are probably not correct.



Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of computer systems software engineers in May 2006 are as follows:

Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences $97,220
Scientific research and development services 97,180
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing 93,240
Software publishers 87,450
Computer systems design and related services 84,660
Data processing, hosting, and related services 78,270





I guess people make highest salary in SW are people who develop SW for communications, online transactions,…