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Article #620862Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:44
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:44
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Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes: >On 2018-02-23, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote: >> 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. > >I imagine that most of those are technology companies, though? Indeed. >I worked >for banks for the last 20-odd years of what I laughingly refer to as my Haven't worked for banks, but I understand Visa, which is HQd in the valley, does have a parallel track promotion track. Although I'm not sure job title is as important in the valley as salary/equity, since employees switch jobs every couple of years.
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