It is beginning to feel like 1996

[Eugene]

Today 150K is typical

Oh really.

I guess I should ask for a big raise, then. And I should tell most of my colleagues that we’re seriously underpaid. I work in a software company and I don’t think anybody in our engineering department (with the exception of VP) makes 150K.

[lajolla-pig]

key word software.
remember my comment about ‘not yet outsourced’?
as that train nears the wage pressure builds.
your programming skills put you in the middle of the tracks.

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Who asked them to do that? Why? I’ve heard of janitors asking to be called sanitation engineers…they aren’t paid that well either. Not that I would equate the two…clearly programmers require more intelligence and education.

[lajolla-pig]

key word software.
remember my comment about ‘not yet outsourced’?
as that train nears the wage pressure builds.
your programming skills put you in the middle of the tracks.

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Who asked them to do that? Why? I’ve heard of janitors asking to be called sanitation engineers…they aren’t paid that well either. Not that I would equate the two…clearly programmers require more intelligence and education.

[lajolla-pig]

key word software.
remember my comment about ‘not yet outsourced’?
as that train nears the wage pressure builds.
your programming skills put you in the middle of the tracks.

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Who asked them to do that? Why? I’ve heard of janitors asking to be called sanitation engineers…they aren’t paid that well either. Not that I would equate the two…clearly programmers require more intelligence and education.

[lajolla-pig]

key word software.
remember my comment about ‘not yet outsourced’?
as that train nears the wage pressure builds.
your programming skills put you in the middle of the tracks.

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Who asked them to do that? Why? I’ve heard of janitors asking to be called sanitation engineers…they aren’t paid that well either. Not that I would equate the two…clearly programmers require more intelligence and education.

[lajolla-pig]

key word software.
remember my comment about ‘not yet outsourced’?
as that train nears the wage pressure builds.
your programming skills put you in the middle of the tracks.

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Who asked them to do that? Why? I’ve heard of janitors asking to be called sanitation engineers…they aren’t paid that well either. Not that I would equate the two…clearly programmers require more intelligence and education.

[Arty]

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Why do you think they did that? Who asked to be called that? I’ve heard of sanitation engineers too…they aren’t paid that well either.

Consider computer engineering is the top tier of engineer hierarchy in college. They are actually one of the best pay one. Outsourced is over played. One of the worse program that I ever used is outsourced to India. If you said a family of two engineers making 150k, I think is sensible. However, the do not live in La Jolla. I even laugh at those living at CV saying that they are living way beyond their means (excluding people with family money of course ^.^). Oh, I am not an engineer.

[Arty]

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Why do you think they did that? Who asked to be called that? I’ve heard of sanitation engineers too…they aren’t paid that well either.

Consider computer engineering is the top tier of engineer hierarchy in college. They are actually one of the best pay one. Outsourced is over played. One of the worse program that I ever used is outsourced to India. If you said a family of two engineers making 150k, I think is sensible. However, the do not live in La Jolla. I even laugh at those living at CV saying that they are living way beyond their means (excluding people with family money of course ^.^). Oh, I am not an engineer.

[Arty]

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Why do you think they did that? Who asked to be called that? I’ve heard of sanitation engineers too…they aren’t paid that well either.

Consider computer engineering is the top tier of engineer hierarchy in college. They are actually one of the best pay one. Outsourced is over played. One of the worse program that I ever used is outsourced to India. If you said a family of two engineers making 150k, I think is sensible. However, the do not live in La Jolla. I even laugh at those living at CV saying that they are living way beyond their means (excluding people with family money of course ^.^). Oh, I am not an engineer.

[Arty]

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Why do you think they did that? Who asked to be called that? I’ve heard of sanitation engineers too…they aren’t paid that well either.

Consider computer engineering is the top tier of engineer hierarchy in college. They are actually one of the best pay one. Outsourced is over played. One of the worse program that I ever used is outsourced to India. If you said a family of two engineers making 150k, I think is sensible. However, the do not live in La Jolla. I even laugh at those living at CV saying that they are living way beyond their means (excluding people with family money of course ^.^). Oh, I am not an engineer.

[Arty]

what year was it they began calling programers engineers? Why do you think they did that? Who asked to be called that? I’ve heard of sanitation engineers too…they aren’t paid that well either.

Consider computer engineering is the top tier of engineer hierarchy in college. They are actually one of the best pay one. Outsourced is over played. One of the worse program that I ever used is outsourced to India. If you said a family of two engineers making 150k, I think is sensible. However, the do not live in La Jolla. I even laugh at those living at CV saying that they are living way beyond their means (excluding people with family money of course ^.^). Oh, I am not an engineer.

[Eugene]

Please enlighten me then, what other types of engineers (of the kind that typically makes 150K) do we still have in SD?

Engineers at Lockheed Martin don’t make that much, if Internet is to be trusted

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Lockheed_Martin_Corp/Salary/by_Job

Median salary of a biotech research scientist in San Diego is $78k

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Research_Scientist%2c_Biotechnology/Salary/by_City

and professors at UCSD don’t approach the 100k mark till full tenure (age 40 or so).

What am I missing?

today it is almost universal that the educated buyer is married to a another high-earner (150+150=300 ==> 1M mortgage + 20% down ==> rational sustainable entry-level price of 1.2)

One more thing about engineers – they tend to be predominantly male. So, the idea of a typical engineer making 150K is merely far-fetched, but the idea of a typical educated DINK couple making 300k borders on science fiction.

[Eugene]

Please enlighten me then, what other types of engineers (of the kind that typically makes 150K) do we still have in SD?

Engineers at Lockheed Martin don’t make that much, if Internet is to be trusted

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Lockheed_Martin_Corp/Salary/by_Job

Median salary of a biotech research scientist in San Diego is $78k

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Research_Scientist%2c_Biotechnology/Salary/by_City

and professors at UCSD don’t approach the 100k mark till full tenure (age 40 or so).

What am I missing?

today it is almost universal that the educated buyer is married to a another high-earner (150+150=300 ==> 1M mortgage + 20% down ==> rational sustainable entry-level price of 1.2)

One more thing about engineers – they tend to be predominantly male. So, the idea of a typical engineer making 150K is merely far-fetched, but the idea of a typical educated DINK couple making 300k borders on science fiction.

[Eugene]

Please enlighten me then, what other types of engineers (of the kind that typically makes 150K) do we still have in SD?

Engineers at Lockheed Martin don’t make that much, if Internet is to be trusted

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Lockheed_Martin_Corp/Salary/by_Job

Median salary of a biotech research scientist in San Diego is $78k

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Research_Scientist%2c_Biotechnology/Salary/by_City

and professors at UCSD don’t approach the 100k mark till full tenure (age 40 or so).

What am I missing?

today it is almost universal that the educated buyer is married to a another high-earner (150+150=300 ==> 1M mortgage + 20% down ==> rational sustainable entry-level price of 1.2)

One more thing about engineers – they tend to be predominantly male. So, the idea of a typical engineer making 150K is merely far-fetched, but the idea of a typical educated DINK couple making 300k borders on science fiction.

[Eugene]

Please enlighten me then, what other types of engineers (of the kind that typically makes 150K) do we still have in SD?

Engineers at Lockheed Martin don’t make that much, if Internet is to be trusted

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Lockheed_Martin_Corp/Salary/by_Job

Median salary of a biotech research scientist in San Diego is $78k

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Research_Scientist%2c_Biotechnology/Salary/by_City

and professors at UCSD don’t approach the 100k mark till full tenure (age 40 or so).

What am I missing?

today it is almost universal that the educated buyer is married to a another high-earner (150+150=300 ==> 1M mortgage + 20% down ==> rational sustainable entry-level price of 1.2)

One more thing about engineers – they tend to be predominantly male. So, the idea of a typical engineer making 150K is merely far-fetched, but the idea of a typical educated DINK couple making 300k borders on science fiction.

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