My Dad assured me a six figure job if I got an undergrad in info security, which interests me
Is that a lot for a 22 year old?
For that age, yes. Most people at the middle of their lives do not make that much. Depending on your area you could very well have a lot of savings after working a few years. The real question is if you want to go to info security. There are other high paying jobs right after college but most dont pay 100k other than investment banking and management consulting.
If you feel like you can do better, then by all means. If you value the job security and stable future, then info security is good.
… a guy who wants to major in info security should google the median income of a person in the US.
Then go to salary (dot)com and see what entry level people in that field earn.
The only major i am aware of that pays six-figures straight out of school w an undergrad degree is petroleum engineering. Maybe it should be “paid” (past tense) because oil prices have collapsed.
If u have no clue whether $100k for a 22 yr straight out of college is a lot of money, then u must have grown up wealthy. The only way your dad canassure u of a $100k salary, is if it’s his business and he’s doing the hiring.
I got the impression from the OP’s post that he is talking about his dad’s business. Only do this if you really want to work in the field of info security/CS, though. Sure, it is a lot of money. But if you hate what you are doing, it won’t be nearly enough.
brutum: your dad may be exaggerating a bit.
And you might need to brush up on world economics a bit, too. 2.7 Billion people live on less than US$2 a day. Of these, 1 billion live on less than a dollar a day
http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/resources/fastfacts_e.htm
U.S. Median household income is only 50k. This includes many households w dual earners.
$100,000 a year is beautiful for someone brand new to the workforce. Make sure that this offer is legitimate and secured for you before you make any decisions. But yes, I’d definitely go for it.
Yes, it IS his business, and would be guaranteed @GMTplus7 @T26E4
I would ask myself the following questions:
- Am I interested in CS as a major (if this offer wasn’t on the table, is that what I would choose)?
- Specifically within the CS field, does info security interest you? Some people find it fascinating. I personally find it kind of dull – I worked on a large info security project for a couple years back about 5 years ago. I could see that if I wanted to move forward and add some certifications in the area, I could easily spend the rest of my career in the field and get very good pay for it. I opted not to. But certainly you might find it more interesting than I did.
- Was your plan always to get out of college and work for your dad? Is this a positive thing in your eyes? You couldn’t pay me enough to have worked for my dad, honestly… $100K would be too little. He owned a company, but he had a lot of disdain for most of his employees, and didn’t have good relationships with them. But I know quite a few people who have worked for their parents, and it has turned out well for them. For some it has been a truly great parent/kid experience. Only you can judge how you think that might work out.
- Will you feel an itch to see what other companies and work environments are like? When I was just out of college, i worked at a firm with young man who was getting some “outside experience” before going back to join the family business. Which he eventually did, and 25 years later he now runs the business. But his dad wanted him to see some other environments (we worked for a consulting company, so he saw multiple clients during his tenure). One thing you could do is intern for other companies during college to pick up some of that outside experience.
It is an insane amount of money for a 22 yo. I am privy to what people make based on what I do for a living. I see families of 4 making less than that with two dual incomes. People work their entire lives and never get to that level. You are one of the lucky ones.
Yes, but CS majors often DO make that after several years in the job market. There are sometimes other ‘costs’ in going to work for a parent or working in a field you don’t want to work in, just think the OP should consider those.
Yes it is a lot. If you weren’t being offered a job by your father it would be possible with CS and related degrees, but not likely just out of school. Is that all you want to know? What does it have to do with College Admissions which is where you posted.
You didn’t ask for any suggestions but the one from inparent about interning elsewhere is a good one. It gives you some perspective and also some experience to bring your father.
This is a ridiculous question. 100k is good for anyone.
Yeah, that’s great. And if you would be happy working that job, I would go for it. Congratulations!
Thanks guys, I will go for it next year, I mean I could work on a startup on the side in college!
You might bring better experience to your dad’s company if you can get an internship in info security with a bigger company than a start up.
My son is graduating in this major this May. At his college, it’s not a CS major, it’s straight up cyber-security and networking. About half of the members of his class have job offers right now and one of them is in spitting distance of 100k. I wouldn’t advise anyone to choose a career or major based mostly on salary however. Life is too short to spend it doing something you dislike if there’s a better alternative.
If you are working for your dad, you can be a janitor and he could pay you 100K. I don’t think it is the market rate for someone who is inexperienced. My daughter did make that the first year out, but it was base + bonus in investment banking. She was working 16+ hours a day, so her hourly rate really wasn’t high.