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Let's make sure to compare apples to apples, even when discounting the 9-month salary (no CS professor truly gets the summer off, that isn't how the academy functions):

* Entry-level software engineers have 0 months experience.

* Full professors in CS have 5 yrs of a Ph.D., and perhaps 2-4 years of postdoctoral experience, and 5-7 years of professorial work.

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Totally agree the comparison isn't equal. But what I'm saying is that the 9-month salary is already way higher than an industry salary. If they worked the 3 summer months funded by a grant, it's like getting a 33% bonus on top of their 9-month salary.

Yes I grant you the point about a 9-month salary, that's what I meant by discounting: to take into account.

The main point remains, you cannot compare someone with 10-15 years post-college experience with a new hire. It's absurd.

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