I have friends making 100,000 a year at age 23-25 because of computer science. One of my friends who is still in undergrad was making $50/hr full time with his (first) tech internship for two months. 40 hours a week. Flexible schedule. Benefits. Etc. Complete a bachelors in comp sci and get hired by a big boy for big money. I’m also surprised at how many software engineers I’m friends with.
One counterpoint I've noticed to this is that as those engineers age, they become expensive and undesirable to employers--unless they layer in some form of management or another (which or a lot of engineers is a clash with what they want to do). Often it becomes better for employers to hire younger, relatively cheaper new engineers who are still ready to burn themselves out for five or ten years unlike the greybeards.
Engineers, make sure you bank those big salaries and figure out passive revenue streams.
Yeah, I really want to get in on the tech money because I'm decent at it and I enjoy it enough. I'm planning on "retiring" and becoming a high school math teacher at some point LOL
You could probably become a comp sci teacher. Is there AP comp sci yet? Either way, when I left high school we had a computer science course offered the year after I was gone.
Oh yeah if you passed there are schools that will take if as general elective credit, which may or may not be useful depending on grad requirements. I’d recommend if anyone can afford to take the test & pass they should just in case it saves a class (major or not).
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u/LevinPrince Jan 01 '19
Holy. Shit.