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To: Mark Brophy who wrote (3452)	7/21/1998 11:32:00 PM
From: lkj	Respond to of 10309

Hi Mark, I work as an engineer in the silicon valley. It is quite common for new grads with BS in engineering to get offers of $50K+ with $2K to $3K signing bonus. Good software engineers are VERY HARD to find. A good programmer with 2 or 3 years of experience can easily earn $70K to $80K with 1000+ shares/year stock option. These are not startup companies. And considering that this has not been a great year for high tech companies in the valley, the number should go up a lot more when businesses pick up in the future. But I agree with you that lawyers make a lot more than engineers. Khan

To: Mark Brophy who wrote (3452)	7/22/1998 4:49:00 AM
From: Mitchell Jones	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10309

Without more definition,the comparison of Engineer vs Lawyer as a career path is difficult to discuss. This url looks at the 50 hottest jobs thru the year 2005 and reaches a different conclusion than yours (if we keep the discussion in the computer related field of engineering): pathfinder.com@@W80JR*HKgQIAQAWV/money/features/bestjobs_0395/50jobslist.html As you can see, starting salaries for lawyers are in the $58,000 range with an expected growth of 31% thru 2005. Computer engineers start at $70,000 with an expected growth of 112% in the same time frame. In my cursory look at the question, I did find a survey of starting salaries by university that indicated Yale and Harvard grads approached the salaries you suggest,but the drop-off was steep and median was probably very close to survey above. While money will always be a factor in career choice we all know that many other considerations enter the process and MANY of them are more important than money (imho). Mitch

To: Mark Brophy who wrote (3452)	7/22/1998 5:32:00 PM
From: Jimbo Cobb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

>There's a large oversupply of engineers and a shortage of lawyers. If >I were advising a young person today, I'd recommend that (s)he enter >the law profession. There will always be a large pool of foreigners >driving down the value of an engineering education, but lawyers only >need to compete with the 6% of the world's population that residesin >the United States. That's fine if the only objective in life is to make money. I think I'd recommend (s)he enter whatever field they would like to devote their life's work. If you push someone into a field they don't enjoy just to make more money, you will end up with a someone who is a) generally not happy and b) most often not excellent at what they do. Mark.