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> At the end of the day, those 'low' salaries are only low relatively. They are more than enough for most people and only a reason to move south if your main dr
by pbourke 10y ago
> At the end of the day, those 'low' salaries are only low relatively. They are more than enough for most people and only a reason to move south if your main driver is money. Otherwise they're good enough.
The average Canadian house costs $585k now[0]. That's over 10x these average Canadian tech salaries. Housing prices contributed to our decision to move from Toronto to Seattle 10 years ago. I imagine that they are even more of a motivator nowadays.
[0] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/house-price-data-centre-canadian-house-prices-see-record-breaking-month/article29697029/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/house-price-data-...
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoWell, as long as we are compare to the U.K. also, Canadian and American real estate often look like a bargain. The thing about Canada is that Nafta makes it easy to move south, while in the U.K. going to the USA is not as simple.
- ruairidhwm 10y agoWhich is extraordinarily frustrating given how close our cultures our and the amount of talented developers who'd like to take a role in the US. I just had an interview fall through because I'm a Brit and it would be difficult to get me over to SF due to the visa system. Maybe I should look for a dev job in Canada? :P
- k-mcgrady 10y agoI think Canada is pretty easy for UK/Ireland. I know a few people who moved there for work with relatively little planning and within a couple of years, they've got permanent residence. They moved for standard big company jobs too, it's not like they're experts in their field or anything.
- ruairidhwm 10y agoYeah, I'm definitely thinking about it. I speak English and French plus am legally qualified and can program so I think I should have a good shot!
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