Below is a posting that's circulating around the
CS department at the U. You might find it interesting.
From: Lester McCann
Organization: Univ. of Arizona CS Dept.
Subject: Potentially interesting Seattle Times story
Mentioned in today's ACM TechNews email:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw09172006/2003255696_pacificpcompute17.html
The story covers several aspects of supply and
demand of CS students at Washington's
universities and industries. It's long for a
newspaper story. Here are a few quotes that caught my eye:
"Computer-science enrollment at the UW has
remained flat for seven years, but it's holding
up better than at most institutions, where it
has dropped sharply since 2000. It got so bad at
Seattle Pacific University that this year
administrators considered closing their computer
science department altogether, a plan that's been shelved for now."
"...right now a UW student with a bachelor's
degree in computer science can expect to make
$75,000 in his or her first year. Top students
are also being routinely lured with $20,000
signing bonuses something not seen since the late 1990s."
"Beyond the base pay, Google recruits are
excited about other possibilities, such as
landing a "Founders Award" typically given to
teams of five to 10 employees who create great
new products for the company. Shivakumar says he
and his small team recently won a $10 million award."
"Microsoft continues to add workers locally at the rate of 4,000 a year."
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