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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a very small sample but here it is.  I have three kids and a nephew who graduated in '20, '21 and '22.  My kid #1 graduated from UVA in CS in '20 (3.8 GPA) and got a job with a gov. contractor  for 100K;  applied but wasn't hired by Google, Apple or Amazon.  My kid #2 graduated from Virginia Tech '21 in CS (3.8 GPA) and got a job with a gov. contractor for 100K;  applied but wasn't hired by Google, Apple or Amazon.  My kid #3 and nephew graduated from GMU in '22, both in CS (both of them were rejected by UVA and Virginia Tech), and had 3.75 GPAs.  Kid #3 is working for Microsoft for 140K and nephew is working for Google for 145K.

Where you attended for CS is not that important.  YMMV. [/quote]

I agree with your last statement but I don't place much importance in your anecdote.  I will say, it should be way more important to look at long term promotional potential than starting salaries. Does everyone just want to be a software developer for the rest of their lives? [b]Most want to move into management where the real money is made and i woudl suspect that [i]UVA and Tech grads have a higher likelihood[/i] of that[/b]. But again, it's pretty dang close, go where the kid will be happy for 4 years.[/quote]

People in management generally don't even have CS degrees.    Getting into management is about social skills, not technical skills.  [/quote]

In my experience they may have CS degrees, but career progression is typically more related to developing management skills.[/quote]

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