On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 11:44 -0500, Nathan House wrote: > >80k starting salary? Who told you that? Even in the best job markets > >no EE/CE starts out at 80k unless (possibly) they have a PhD. > Check out these: > > http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm > http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos267.htm I'm seeing an average starting salary of 56k according to that page, which is pretty much what I expected. Remember too this is AVERAGE, again, depending on where you are you may get quite a bit less. And finally, these numbers come from a "boom" time, the world is very different right now. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist