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Article #620860Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:10
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:10
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hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com writes: >On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 7:11:01 PM UTC-5, Mike Spencer wrote: > >> I professor at MIT I knew from the early 80s to the mid-90s told me >> that he found "these kids smart, scary-smart" but that many of them >> had told him that they were going the tech route only because they'd >> found they were good at it. Expected to put in some entry time in >> STEM jobs but that they were aiming for management where the real >> money lay. > >Many companies realized that tech people needed a growth track >that was not management, such as job titles of "super tech". >How far that was implemented I cannot say. > Most of the companies in the silly valley have implemented dual technical and management tracks. In our company, the highest title on the technical track is "Fellow" (Equiv to a mgmt VP), before that is "Distinguished Engineer" and so forth.
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