I can't find starting salaries though.
If you are an IEEE member, you can find that at the IEEE Salary Guide. It accounts for industry, employer type, and cost-of-living adjustment. I used it when negotiating my starting salary. I told them how I computed the number, and they gave me exactly what I asked, which my recently graduated peers considered high for the area.
'These are ultimately consumer businesses and if you piss off enough of them, you will not have any more.'
This is ultimately an Advertiser business.
What exactly do you think Google is? They are an extravagantly successful advertising company that just happens to provide search and email as a means to attract an audience. It would seem that Eric Schmidt knows what he's talking about.
Why can't people just prefer apple, and not be fanatical about it? Oh, right, because then that wouldn't justify the increased expense.
My wife's Windows laptop forgets that our wireless access point is WPA once a week. It degrades in speed over time and requires yearly reinstalls. It likes to forget how to talk to our laser printer, so I have to reinstall the drivers about every three months. It takes forever to become usable after sleep mode.
I have been abused by Windows machines long enough. I prefer my Mac because I do not need to spend time fussing with it.
Google makes you take a looooooong and in depth personality test just to apply for an IT position. It's really insulting.
Erroneous. Google does not make you take a personality test.
P.S. Fuck you, Google. Didn't want to work for you anyway. Put that in your personality test.
I'm sure that's why you opted to apply and interview with them.
Although I confess that I may have spent too much time in school, I can say that I had an opportunity to read and study a lot of books in both electrical engineering and computer engineering. My personal favorites are:
"There is such a fine line between genius and stupidity." - David St. Hubbins, "Spinal Tap"
