Recently, I have read an article stating that the starting salaries for computer scientists graduating in 2015 are around US$100,000. That's over 3,000,000 Baht a year! And ... this is just an initial offer.
It looks like the demand for graduates with computer science background is higher than ever. The demand is not just from technology companies, but from all sectors.
The article also suggests that the strongest demands are for students specialised in robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. However, personally I think demands are for those specialised in security as well.
Moreover, students with strong software background are also sought after by companies.
The increase in the demand has led to more students wanting to study computer science in the past few years. The Computing Research Association says that the number of computer science degree awarded has gone up by 14% between 2013 and 2014.
As a computer science graduate and a lecturer in IT, it is interesting to see this situation. The problem is that in the past several years, the trend in Thailand appears to be the opposite with fewer and fewer students choosing to study computer-related degrees.
I wonder why? Is it the salaries of fresh graduates? Is it the younger people want to run their own companies rather than being hired? ... Maybe this is something we need to look into.
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