The GDMag Salary survey goes by gross salary received alone -- not your net income after expenses. So that wouldn't factor in.
What happens with Doctoral students is again a function of experience: it's only very very recently that people with PhDs have been getting game industry jobs. Since they've only been in the industry a few years, their relative inexperience will balance out any starting salary boost they may get from their degree.
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Date: 2009-04-09 05:30 pm (UTC)What happens with Doctoral students is again a function of experience: it's only very very recently that people with PhDs have been getting game industry jobs. Since they've only been in the industry a few years, their relative inexperience will balance out any starting salary boost they may get from their degree.