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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Japanese-owned research labs in US
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Date: 15 Nov 90 16:59:00 GMT
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> The key point of the Times article was the quotations of starting
> salaries at these Japanese labs: $70K for new PhD's; up to $250K for
> the super stars. (Now, where did I put that copy of Rogers, ...)

What is so surprising about this?  The starting salary is perhaps $10K
higher than average for C.S. PhD's, but then, who knows how selective
they are in their hiring?  Many top-notch schools produce stars who
warrant this extra money to start.

$250K for a super star is by no means surprising.  I know some
universities which have paid more than this amount for a super star in
computer science.

Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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