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Don't know about KIK, but Shopify has a large development office in Toronto near King and Spadina.
by kenrose 10y ago
Don't know about KIK, but Shopify has a large development office in Toronto near King and Spadina.
- wahnfrieden 10y agoKik requires devs to be in Waterloo.
- raverbashing 10y agoShopify is also in Montreal
- gamekathu 10y agohow is the tech scene at Montreal?
- raverbashing 10y agoRegrettable Some say it's ok. There are some startups, but most of the environment seems to be "corporate oriented", and .NET is very popular
- gamekathu 10y agofuture? any new policies taking shape to attract more companies? I read somewhere that due to French clause in Quebec companies stay away from the city. Is it true?
- raverbashing 10y agoThere is some aspect of the French law that keeps companies far, yes, though there's a limit (the law doesn't apply to small companies in some aspects) https://www.thestar.com/business/small_business/leadership/2013/03/18/expanding-to-quebec--small-business--bill-101--french-language-l.html https://www.thestar.com/business/small_business/leadership/2...
- Apocryphon 10y agoThat's a shame. Given that Vancouver and Toronto both have higher rents and are less attractive cities than Montreal, I was hoping that it'd be heating up in terms of jobs.
- astrodust 10y agoA certain irony that the "language barrier" for most people will be C# and not French.
- kahnpro 10y agoIt's not bad, but not great. Some startups, lots of corporate. I've never had trouble finding work, though.
- 33degrees 10y agoOk. I'm making a decent living here doing Ruby and JS development, but salaries are not great.
- anatoli 10y agoThey also just invested in a huge space (King Portland Centre) that won't be built until 2019.
- astrodust 10y agoHuge is putting it mildly. This is a pretty major campus.