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>Everybody I know from school who were offered the option to work in the US have picked up their Canadian degrees and left. This is what young people do; they
by forgetsusername 11y ago
>Everybody I know from school who were offered the option to work in the US have picked up their Canadian degrees and left.
This is what young people do; they adventure. Then, many times, they come back to their roots to settle down.
I'm sure there're a few people around these parts with anecdata regarding the joys of finding housing and raising a family in the SF Bay Area.
- de_Selby 11y agoAnecdata is my new favorite word.
- st3v3r 11y agoHow will they come back if there isn't a tech scene waiting for them?
- sospep 11y agoThere will be a tech scene, the Vancouver portion of that scene may 1 day be smaller than what it is now.
- lewisl9029 11y ago> This is what young people do; they adventure. I think this is a rather unfair, and possibly dangerous, attitude, to simply dismiss this phenomenon as typical young people "adventuring". Is it really adventuring if it's a decision made after countless hours of carefully weighing different employment options and coming to the conclusion that the US offers far more opportunities and far better rewards for our careers? I have nothing but anecdotes to support that the brain drain is actually happening at any significant scale, but it's certainly not difficult to imagine why young people who are offered a US position would come to these same conclusions, given the sorry state of the Canadian tech industry today. RE: Settling down. Seattle, which is a 3 hour drive from Vancouver, offers about double the average Vancouver salary with comparable housing prices. Needless to say, I'm not planning on going back until the situation improves dramatically.