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For MIT grads, their stats in Computer Software are low $60,000 to high $160,000 with the bonus mean of $30,345.  Their tops didn't hit $400,000 - at least not in 2018.  Of course, this doesn't prevent $400,000, or a pie in the sky, in any other year.

https://capd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/about/files/OutcomeSurvey2018Final.pdf[/quote]

MIT CS salaries for Consulting jobs are in the $80K range, quite a departure from the $115 someone quoted earlier.  That was for Software Engineering & Gaming jobs which includes some FAANG and startups, but in reality this is a minority, like top 10% of MIT grads, rest are in the $80k to $100k range, just like other CS grads from state schools, may be they get $10K more, or like another poster said the state school candidate get $10k more if they have additional skill sets & certification.

Oh well, the DCUM bandwagon of misinformation rolls on   :roll:

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You are spreading misinformation yourself. The survey is for all MIT graduates, not just EECS. We don't know how many EECS went into consulting. I see BCG and McKinsey are listed for EECS. But your run-of-the-mill system integrator consulting, like BAH is not listed.[/quote]

This thread is about CS, and the salary split is clearly for specific majors, within that sub-classifications. Get a grip, and learn to read. MIT grads who go into IT consulting make $82k on average. Oh wow BCH and McKinsey are what? BAH is run of the mill. Clearly, you got no clue on Tech or Consulting, you must be a DC lawyer or lobbyist. The most clueless lot.

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Stop acting like an idiot. You're becoming a laughing stock.[/quote]

The only idiot here is you who is calling a top consulting company that runs multi-million dollar contracts in DMV area "bottom of the pile" and "run of the mill" clearly you got some insecurity issues. Booz Allen Hamilton is not a bottom of the pile anywhere and they aren't a run of the mill. Only a ignorant person will do that.

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Not PP but they seem to have struck a nerve. No one is saying that BAH is a bad career but there are often more enticing opportunities/jobs that align better with skills and interests for many MIT grads. Why are you so insistent on defending them?[/quote]

I am defending the idea not a particular company, that integrators like BAH in the consulting world are clearly not bottom of the pile for MIT grads. I am speaking from experience of having reviewed resumes of MIT grads along with other schools for a company very similar to BAH. I don't get the infatuation with FAANG and companies like that, they are great places to work, and cool to tell your neighbors, but integrators like BAH does the work that FAANG cannot or will not do. For instance, I know an integrator that wrote and implemented custom machine learning software solution that saves several billions of dollars a year for the customer, this team included CS background people and Math PhD folks, you need every skill set in different type of jobs. Sometimes you need a MIT Math person or a CMU CS person on that team, then they go get them. It is completely wrong to say BAH and companies like that will only get bottom 50%, they will pay what they need to pay to get the niche skills, on some projects, but of course on average the job doesn't require that. Similarly, not all jobs at FAANG requires the highest skill sets, there are GMU grads who found jobs at Google. There are different tiers of jobs everywhere. Sometimes the problems you face at writing software at a government agency is really complex, and FAANG won't come and do it, they provide platform software, then someone else need to build custom solutions on top, and the issues aren't any simpler. Bottomline, you cannot paint with a broad brush that everything at FAANG require MIT/CMU grads and other places do not. The person who made that comment was making general statements without recognizing the nuances. [/quote]

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