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I find the type of salaries discussed here downright surreal. I live in Vancouver, BC which has some of the best 'quality of life' according to various random s
by ible 17y ago
I find the type of salaries discussed here downright surreal. I live in Vancouver, BC which has some of the best 'quality of life' according to various random surveys. This translates into an median annual FAMILY income of ~$60k CAD and a median house price approaching 1 million CAD. My wife and I both work in tech, and both make more individually than the average family income, but not a whole lot more.
The salary range in Vancouver seems to top out around $150k, and that is uncommon. New grads can expect something between $50k and $80k. The intangibles definitely make a difference to expectations. I sacrifice both salary, and to some degree interesting work (at least at my day job) to live here.
- mattm 17y agoI'm from Victoria and these six figures salaries being thrown around as "not that much" seem crazy to me too. Victoria is a smaller version of Vancouver but take off about $50k for the highest salary range and about $20k from your range for a new grad. The quality of life is great though. It takes me 10 minutes to bike to work and I'm home by 5. I've come to realization lately that if I want to earn a lot as a software developer, I will need to move to a large US city.
- jlees 17y agowhen i graduated from university, in England, with a BA in computer science I was offered a starting salary of sub $35k, par for the course in the uk. I'd earned the equivalent of $50k pa as an intern in the US and bay area companies pay twice that. something's not right here.