u/annie-ama wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Where are they now report - this is a separate - we are extremely rigorous in contacting every single graduate in a CIRR reporting period via multiple outlets (and it's still challenging). For WATN, we view this as more of a survey and a measure for the team to be aware of - s
u/michaelnovati replied · DELETED · archived copy ★ FEATURED
(Reposting my answer to the question because my previous one was removed and I'm not sure why)
/u/[annie-ama](https://www.reddit.com/user/annie-ama/): I talk on Reddit a decent amount about data, and I'm a fan of all data with scientifically reproducible methodologies so people can tell where it came from and evaluate it. CIRR's standard is full of ambiguous or not well defined sourcing requirements as well. Still a decent standard and I like that it requires enough info so people can calculate certain important things on their own.
I mean Codesmith website wrongfully says that $127,500 is the "Software Engineering Immersive Grads Median Annual Base Salary" without any asterix or adjacent explanation of that term.
The actual number is the "median annual base salary of graduates that placed and reported salaries" not of all graduates.
I'm much more concerned about that than our numbers, because we explain in paragraphs of fine print how the numbers are calculated so no one is misled.
RE: highest total compensation - I don't think it's a good number and I don't like it. We post it because Interview Kickstart is our primary competitor and they post highest total compensation so it's something requested more often from us for whatever reason. Similar to y'all I don't think it's that important and try to talk about other information when people ask.