> "I'm not convinced that taking a San Fran gig would necessarily feel like streets paved with gold and scooping up baskets of money" It won't necessarily, but

> "I'm not convinced that taking a San Fran gig would necessarily feel like streets paved with gold and scooping up baskets of money" It won't necessarily, but it may - one important distinction between the US tech hubs like SV or NYC is that while they offer a higher median salary, they top end of the envelope goes way, way higher than it does anywhere in Canada. There is a class of jobs/positions that straight up do not exist in Canada where large numbers of engineers can make $400-500k, or even more. An evaluation of whether or not it's worth moving needs to consider where you are in the market. If you're making $70k in Toronto right now and some company in the Bay Area is offering $100k, that's probably a tough deal. On the other hand, if you qualify for someone of the higher-end positions in the Bay Area, you can go from making $90k in Toronto to making $400k in the Valley. That's a pretty slam dunk deal.