1 In cases where getting paid late puts your business in a bind, and your customer is not willing to negotiate, Heald suggests asking if your customer is willing to enter into a supply-chain-financing agreement. 2  In this process, your send your invoice (say itâs for $100) to a bank-managed portal.
Another great thing about the computer science major is that students can look forward to increasing salaries throughout their career. A computer science student may only start off with $60,000 a year, but they can work their way up to $100,000 or $120,000 a year within four to five years.
The 33,510 computer scientists working in the United States earned an average $103,160 per year, or $49.59 per hour, as of May 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the lowest-paid 10 percent made $56,800, or $27.31, and the highest-paid 10 percent received $151,660, or $72.91. Because the field of computer science is so broad, scientists can focus on specific disciplines.