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OT engineers -- How much should you ask for with starting pay
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:22 pm
I am at the point where I am getting a few interviews. I wanted to ask how you should decide what starting pay you should ask.
I have heard that going strictly by online averages is bad because it could seem like your low-balling yourself. But its the best metric I can find.
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Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:23 pm to volod
Southern degree-$20k
Anywhere else-$60k+
Anywhere else-$60k+
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 6:24 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:25 pm to volod
Engineering Degree?
Interested Field (commercial consulting? Industrial? ect.)
Market area? (California will pay a lot more then say Louisiana ect.)
Interested Field (commercial consulting? Industrial? ect.)
Market area? (California will pay a lot more then say Louisiana ect.)
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:26 pm to volod
I got 61k with take home truck and cell phone plus yearly bonus for a power utility company. Truck use was a big plus.
Eta: EE class of 11
Eta: EE class of 11
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:27 pm to volod
Don't all engineers start out at $100k+?
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:28 pm to Bucktail1
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Don't all engineers start out at $100k+?
Only the really high end ones (top of their class). And then just barely.
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:29 pm to volod
It depends on where you went to school
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:29 pm to MSUmtowndawg
I got 80k a company truck and a private room at escapades twice a month.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:30 pm to volod
Never talk pay on first interview unless interviewer brings it up.
Let them offer then you counter and settle
Let them offer then you counter and settle
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:30 pm to Bucktail1
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Don't all engineers start out at $100k+?
No those are operators for Shell.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:30 pm to tigeraddict
Its a Masters of Electrical Engineering.
Interested Field: Conductive materials or Electronics
Market: I am looking to stay in the South, Texas and Arkansas are my first picks. But I'm okay with starting off in Louisiana or Mississippi and get experience before moving on.
Interested Field: Conductive materials or Electronics
Market: I am looking to stay in the South, Texas and Arkansas are my first picks. But I'm okay with starting off in Louisiana or Mississippi and get experience before moving on.
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:30 pm to SabiDojo
He won't do well in the interview.
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I looking
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:34 pm to volod
Is your degree from Southern?
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:35 pm to Bucktail1
Only when oil is $100
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:35 pm to volod
three fiddy
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:37 pm to tigeraddict
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then
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Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:38 pm to logjamming
So should I ask for $75000 for my first position or is that being too ambitious.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:38 pm to volod
$15/hour
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:41 pm to ChadJones4Heisman
Yes I am almost finished with my Masters of Engineering from Southern.
My BS Physics is from La Tech
Posted on 12/16/15 at 6:43 pm to Kankles
You didn't earn those engineering degrees. English majors and gender studies majors were just as much a part of your success as you were.
You will be offered about 60k, and 30k will be distributed back to your university to support the other majors.
Check your academic privilege.
You will be offered about 60k, and 30k will be distributed back to your university to support the other majors.
Check your academic privilege.
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