how good is Computer Science(grad) at Columbia University? what are the typical salaries after graduating?
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I've found that once you have a degree, it's all about years of experience.  It has nothing to do with where you went to school unless you're going into academia.  Typical salaries vary wildy depending on location, market and specialty (USD20k-200k).  There's a -huge- gap between people that are 'good' and people that just have a piece of paper.\n\nIt's not a field for the faint of heart.  If you want something easy, go for Lawyer or Doctor.  If you want to spend 90% of your time learning something new, 70% of your time working and 45% of your time fixing other people's mistakes, it's the field for you.  Yes, that's way over 100%.  The laws say technical field doesn't get overtime.
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It's a pretty strong job market right now, from what I hear, and Computer Science remains a popular discipline.  So, finding a job shouldn't be too great a problem.  The two things that may be obstacles are:\n\n1. The specific type of job you're looking for.  If you are too narrow in your search, you may limit your choices too much.\n\n2. The strategy you use to find a job.  You can't wait around for someone to find you.  You need to be proactive in your search, and use a variety of methods.\n\nI've attached a link to an article that should help.\n\nBest of luck to you.
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45K is a good starting salary for many occupations.  The cost of living for your area is really a factor, as well as the skills that you have.\n\nA better question might be "What is the average starting salary in my geographic area, in my field of expertise".  Not knowing your geographic area, or expertise, all we can comment on is the number.\n\nThe number 45K is high for a lot of college graduates across the country.  I know of many who start in the 20's, who don't have good grades or applicable skills.  On the other hand, if you are graduating from Medical School, and setting up practice in California, then perhaps you should be looking for 100K+!\n\nCheck with your school, to see what the average starting salaries were last year.  Most colleges track this information.  It helps employers and employees!
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Right now I am doing a master's in psychology after a Bachelors psychology first, Sociology second. \nPart of my strategy is to take a low paid job right after graduation. It will give me a work history and provide the basis for better later on.\nThe  £11,124 may not be the best, but it is a good start. Like Ollie said, depends on where you live. In spite of taxes taking a huge bite, as noted by Bob, it is still a starting place. You may not be there too long.\nWhen a better situation comes along you will be more likely to be hired than only with your Masters.\nMe so far:\nTutoring Social and Physical Sciences\nEnglish and ESL\nPrivate coaching and mentoring, academic and lifestyle choices.\nThis goes on vita, and how I have my career roughly charted out.\nSo good luck,\nCharles James
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If you have to ask, then you probably won't be a good one.\n\nThe best ones I've met are great because they love what they do, and they have a passion that surpasses their education or experience. As far as what it takes though, experience is a biggie. You should also have a good education (though that's debatable). Personally I think an academic computer science program is a great thing to have gone through, because it (ideally) teaches you things beyond just programming.\n\nThe first step is to become interested in software and making it, not in "what it takes" to be a software engineer. And it's certainly got nothing to do with an MBA.\n\nMBA... psssh, what kind of a question is that anyway? Oh, by the way, I'm a programmer and I have perfect vision, no glasses. Ha.
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Depends on what field the degree is in... $20k-500k/year.  Please be more specific.\n\n*One friend of mine is a programmer at West Publishing.  He earns $52k.  Another friend of mine is an ISNT junior (help desk) for a hospital.  He earns $40k.  Both have been at their jobs for 5 years.  I would have to guess $32k for a starting salary with a private company.  If you can, get a job with the government or large institute.  Your benefits will be among the best available and you're almost guaranteed a 5% raise per year.  Get your foot in the door working at a help desk.  Dealing with morons for a few years is a small price to pay when you will be making $50k a few years later.\n\nGood Luck
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You will have so, so many more options with a BA in computer science. But it is also harder to obtain this degree. It is considered one of the hardest majors. My first major was computer science but I found out quickly that I don't have the logic that it requires. Computer science majors are definitely a different breed. If you excel in math, then you will probably do fine in computer science. Strong math skills are required. \nIt will also probably be much harder to find a job as a gaming programmer because you won't have such a wide range of options that computer science would give you. Something else you may consider is that since jobs are not as available for gaming programmers, you will have to move where the job is, whereas with computer science, you could find a job in just about anywhere you WANT to live. At the same time, I think the gaming industry will only expand. You might check out salary.com or similar sites for career forecasts. \nI think that you should do what you enjoy most. Have you ever heard the saying, "Do what you love, then find someone to pay you for it"?
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Columbia university in manhattan its a very good school and you can get the degree your looking for there.
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Certainly, if you are an excellent student, pursue internship opportunities and make full use of your university's career center, your chances of getting a job offer after graduation are pretty high. I would also suggest you check out Canadian universities. Canada has a friendlier immigration/work program for university graduates who specialize in information technology.
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Sorry Eddie, your question is much too general... what goals do you feel you need to reach for your Ph.D. to be "good"?\n\nFrom your question, I'm going to assume that you are not currently in graduate school.\n\nPh.D. Program: As a minimum, you should expect the Ph.D. program you attend to give you a tuition waiver and living stipend.  Some of these stipends are tiny ($5-10,000/year) and many have T.A./teaching requirements attached to them.  Working a part-time job is next to impossible so be prepared to be poor.  Depending on the program, you can often pick up extra money your 2nd or 3rd year working on a grant-funded project or doing other degree-related work.\n\nBeyond the minimum, go for the highest "ranked" program you can get accepted to.  If you are accepted to more than one similarly ranked programs, visit and try to get a feel for the academic culture - are the students cutthroat? Is it a "pressure cooker"?  Do any students have difficulty getting access to their advisor?  How long is the time to degree? Are the students getting jobs after graduating?\n\nAdvisor: Select a graduate advisor you feel comfortable talking to and make your post-graduation goals clear from the outset.  A good advisor will shape your training to fit those post-graduate goals.  \n\nThesis: In general, it is better to have a decent completed thesis than an awesome uncompleted thesis.  Many graduate students spend years (literally) doing a fantastic dissertation.  However, for many of their career goals, they should have done a simpler thesis (in half the time).\n\nBy the way, no matter how excited you are about your thesis to begin with, you'll hate it by the end.  That's just the way it works.\n\nSorry I couldn't offer more specific advice, but I hope this helps...
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no tricky questions tha ti remember, its about an 8th grad level and not all that difficult. I did very well in one area and not very well in others. I still came out in the top 80.. Its no mesure of success.
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I have seen entry level positions start at as much as 30,000 and salaries only go up from there.  I have some students who are starting at companies for $60K or $70K.  Really depends on the kind of Engineering you are going into and how much experience you have coming out of your college program.  Definitely do internships!!!
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the International academy of design, is pretty good and a lot of their grads get jobs. Could be very expensive though.
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I will tell you about my limited experience.\n\nI am a Canadian citizen and resident. Canada is a HORRIBLE place to work as a programmer. The pay is extremely low in comparison to the United States, particularly if you have an advanced degree (Ph.D. in my case).\n\nI took a job in the U.S. that paid roughly 5 times the salary that I could expect in Canada.\n\nSo my limited experience tells me that the US is WAAAAAY better than Canada. I could not possibly accurately tell you how it fares relative to the rest of the world, but I would suspect that it would fare well.\n\nAgreed with the above, COBOL limits yourself far too much. It is a small and shrinking field - it was great coming up to Y2K, but has been downhill since then.\n\nYou are far better to learn highly language-independent skills, such as taking courses on algorithms (searching, sorting, determining complexity and such), digital signal processing (DSP), signal processing and mathematics.
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BS in Computer Sciences.\n\nIf you go to a good US or Canadian university and do well, you will be able to go to graduate school anywhere in the world.
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Wow.  There are some pretty negative answers in this thread.\n\nPick a good program.  Pick a highly rated program.  The brand *is* part of the value of an MBA, and frankly, the lower rated programs aren't that much cheaper.  Here in the Bay Area, Haas (Berkeley) has a great ranking (top 5 in part time rankings, recently been in the top 10 for full time).  I am currently a student at Haas (in the PT program), and I can't understand why people would pick a different program in this region.  Stanford, unfortunately, doesn't have a part time program.\n\nI agree with the previous poster who said you need to have an idea what you want out of it.  Go in with a plan on how you're going to get value from the MBA, and just from being a student.  I'm amazed at the access I get just by being an MBA student.  It opens a lot of doors.  But you need to be very goal directed to get this value.\n\nI can't agree with the person who said networking in a PT program isn't good.  As a current PT student, I have an *amazing* network of rising stars at a number of bay area companies, right now.  Comparing notes with some co-workers who are recent graduates from the FT programs at Wharton, Stanford, Columbia, it's clear that my network is broader, more active, and more useful right now than their networks.\n\nSo - to your actual question.  If you are in the Bay Area, pick Berkeley (I'm biased, obviously).  Really, you can gain a lot of value from any part time MBA program.  But talk to people, figure out how *you* can gain value from an MBA, and then go from there.
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As you have mentioned B.E Comp , so iyour are from India. It would be better if you had mentioned from which university you got ur degree.\n Well the best eay in this case os to get yourself professionally certified like doing microsoft ,Hp , SCO certification BUt as you are interested in Unix then get your self certified as SCO Unix professional or RHCE (best to get in) and regarding C/C++  -- well my friend you haven't mentioned your working domain  in C/C++ . but if you still want you should take a c and c++ exam conducted by CSI (Computer Society of India) and if possible also take Work Ability Assessment test . CSI will give you a certificate for it and then this will give you an edge over your peer job applicants and you will get the job very soon.\n\n And Try, try ,try .. Don't give up to find a job...\nI wish you all the best and should you need any more assistance then get in touch with me coz i wear the same boots as yours.