Comments on: Salary Search Engine – How Much Does A Google Programmer Make?

By: natmaster

natmaster — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:59:12 +0000

I’m sorry, but years of college don’t translate to skills the can make money. What matters more is WHAT you are learning in college. This can be influenced by the rigor you subject yourself to, the quality of the institution you attend, and the subject you choose to study.

Google programmers obviously make much more than the standard ‘4 year college degree’ because they actually learned useful skills and do things to change the world. Some lazy Liberal Arts majors might have a harder time getting money…

With regard to the accuracy, I would definitely believe these numbers. From speaking with my friends, I found the average out-of-college (BS, not masters or PHD) salary at Google was somewhere from 90k-100k.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:11:55 +0000

I don’t believe the results factor in how many years of college a person has. That would probably make a difference. I reallly wouldn’t consider it to be “accurate”, it’s probably more of a ball park estimate which could have a lot of variables (such as education) affecting it. The Geek Squad salary definitely had me taking a double look. I imagine that one is a bit inflated!

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:11:07 +0000

Ryan wrote:

Maybe you should go work for the Geek Squad then

You didn’t!!! ROFLMAO!!!

Ummmm, I did work part time for Best Buy BEFORE they became the Geek Squad. I did not make anywhere near that amount. Drop off the 9 and that was more like it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:00:52 +0000

Maybe you should go work for the Geek Squad then

By: Max

Max — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:59:42 +0000

Do these results factor in how many years of college the person had? I remember learning in economics, that 4 years of college would equate to around $70,000 average starting salary, but with 1 year of graduate school (5 years total)- the average starting salary would be something like $100,000. And with 2 years grad school, $120,000, and so on up to 8 years of school.

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By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:22:18 +0000

This is pretty cool!

I see I am making quite a bit below the average in the new job that I am heading out for.