Long-term earnings by college major

[ucbalumnus]

@Data10

Regardless of whether hiring externally for managers, companies generally do have hires targeting experienced employers, rather than just looking for new grads. These experienced hires are often for technical positions, looking for a particular combination of experience and skill sets that is rarely found in new grads. However, this senior external hire with desired skill set doesn’t necessarily mean he/she is “elite.” Many companies regularly hire experienced tech (non-managerial) employees with desired experience and skillset, who show little indication of being “elite” (defining “elite” as top % ratings), compared to other employees at that company.

By “elite”, I mean as appears in the interview, whether or not actual job performance ends up being elite. In technical interview questions, mid-level (5-20 years experience) applicants may get hired with “good” answers and partial experience and knowledge match for the role requirements, but very senior (20+ years experience) applicants for technical individual contributor roles need “the best” answers delivered quickly with no hints in order to get hired, and/or perfect experience and knowledge match for the role requirements.