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Old 2004-02-06, 10:14 PM   [Ignore Me] #1
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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) ? The job market may not be booming. But for many in the college class of 2004, it won't be quite as dismal as it was for last year's grads.

That's the preliminary conclusion of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), which released its latest quarterly starting-salary survey on Thursday.

It's still early days for most college seniors on the hunt for a job. Only a small number of students typically have full-time job offers in hand halfway through their senior year. And the number of offers covered in NACE's winter survey is a small percentage of the offers covered in its fall survey, which reflects hiring through the previous August.

Still, NACE thinks there's reason for cautious optimism.

On balance, employers said they expect college-grad hires to be up 12.7 percent from last year, which is the first hiring increase in two years, said NACE spokesperson Camille Luckenbaugh.

Based on the 2,300 offers covered in the current survey, more disciplines were reporting increases in starting salaries. Only a third of disciplines are seeing starting salaries drop, compared with nearly half at the same time last year.
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Majors in computer engineering and chemical engineering top the list of most lucrative college degrees. Average starting salaries for computer engineers reached $53,117, up very slightly from their levels at this time last year. Starting salaries for chemical engineers, meanwhile, rose 2.5 percent to $52,563.
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Starting salaries for those who major in civil engineering and electrical engineering still compare favorably with those of most other majors, but both experienced modest declines compared with last year.

For the first time since 2001, employers reported increases in starting salary offers to students in computer science, information sciences and systems, and management information systems.


Meanwhile, liberal arts majors still rank on the low-end of the salary scale, although as a group, the average starting offer rose 3.5 percent to $30,153.

Many psychology majors aren't as likely to see that kind of paycheck, however. Their starting salary average fell 8 percent to $25,032.

Good news for me since i plan on being a CPE and going to Cal Poly. Chelle rubbed off on me a bit

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Old 2004-02-06, 10:18 PM   [Ignore Me] #2
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sign me up for computer engineering
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Old 2004-02-06, 10:19 PM   [Ignore Me] #3
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I shoulda taken a psyche class last year or this year. Damnit.
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Old 2004-02-06, 10:20 PM   [Ignore Me] #4
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so i guess being a porn star is out of the question... didn't even make the list... ah well guess I'll have to settle for pimp.
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Old 2004-02-06, 10:22 PM   [Ignore Me] #5
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Old 2004-02-06, 10:40 PM   [Ignore Me] #6
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[QUOTE=OneManArmy]so i guess being a porn star is out of the question... didn't even make the list... ah well guess I'll have to settle for pimp.[/QUOTE

You dont need a college degree to fuck women. (or men in your case)
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Old 2004-02-06, 10:42 PM   [Ignore Me] #7
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Good news for me, i'm looking into the Chemical Engineering Field, or Computer Engineering in the Chip desine(sp) end
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Old 2004-02-06, 10:44 PM   [Ignore Me] #8
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I would do computer science. Do some math not what looks best at the time. If that trend continues for like 2 years it will be at the top.
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Old 2004-02-06, 10:47 PM   [Ignore Me] #9
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I'm gonna go to college for computer engineering.
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Old 2004-02-06, 10:50 PM   [Ignore Me] #10
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Whatever you do, don't go to college and become a communications major.

We make fun of com majors relentlessly.

i.e. "When I hear my Com major friends bitching about how hard college is, I want to knock them out with the FAR/AIM and shove the Jepps charts up their arse".

(Google Search "FAR/AIM" and "Jeppesen Charts". You should get a better understanding.)
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Old 2004-02-06, 11:43 PM   [Ignore Me] #11
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pimp juice. Thanks for the info squeeky this is good news. I plan to go to ucla to get a computer science degree.
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Old 2004-02-06, 11:45 PM   [Ignore Me] #12
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FAR/AIM: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual

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Old 2004-02-07, 02:02 AM   [Ignore Me] #13
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Sweet. im going to try to get a computer engineering degree now 8) Or as soon as i go sign up for hte college. I also want to do programming 3D modeling administration degrees and Opensystem tech, etc.
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Old 2004-02-07, 02:04 AM   [Ignore Me] #14
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Im not necessarily looking for money in a job. I want something that I can get out of bed, and be happy Im going to work.



Thus, Video game Journalist. I get to critisize other people's life works in a paragraph, play video games, and go to E3 for fucking free!

*Plans on Majoring in Journalism and Minoring in Video Editing, since his friend already has a business plan for one.*
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Old 2004-02-07, 02:05 AM   [Ignore Me] #15
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Where's Tech Writing on there? I'm supposed to be starting around 50k...
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