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Canada Wants Silicon Valley’s Tech Employees

18 points by weston 9y ago

Apocryphon 9y ago
Every time I hear about the Canadian tech screen I hear about how salaries are low there. It's a shame. Also, having been to both cities, it seems like someone leaving SV could go to Seattle before they go up to Vancouver. And I've heard Toronto is basically a newer New York, with increasing costs of living. Montréal would be pretty nice, but English language laws...
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ng12 9y ago
How about they worry about keeping their own tech employees first? A third my team is from Waterloo or U of T.
- zazpowered 9y ago
  That's part of the article
  - Arizhel 9y ago
    I didn't see anything in the article about that, I only saw them spout some fanciful ideas about employees being cheaper in Canada due to the "exchange rate" (which is BS, they're ignoring the extremely high cost of living there, namely in housing) and somehow being "more loyal", and they said that companies were going to push the "homesickness" angle to get employees to return. In short, they're completely ignoring the paltry salaries that Canadian companies offer, and making the classic mistake that so many cheap-ass companies make, thinking that somehow, employees shouldn't worry about salary and should be happy to work for whatever pittance a company offers and should be grateful and loyal, right up until the company lays them off in a downsizing.
geebee 9y ago
I want Silicon Valley's tech employees too, for $5 an hour. Pretty sure everyone does. Not sure if that means a damn thing, though. Are Canadian companies raising salaries to comparable levels, or at least something competitive? If not, I'd say that's a pretty good sign about how much they actually want Silicon Valley's engineers.
Arizhel 9y ago
Oh great. If you think Silicon Valley real estate prices and rents are ridiculous, they're nothing compared to the prices in Vancouver BC. And Toronto prices are pretty ridiculous too. And from everything I've read, the salaries offered in the software field in Canada are generally lousy.
- Apocryphon 9y ago
  Montréal?

18 points by weston 9y ago

Every time I hear about the Canadian tech screen I hear about how salaries are low there. It's a shame. Also, having been to both cities, it seems like someone leaving SV could go to Seattle before they go up to Vancouver. And I've heard Toronto is basically a newer New York, with increasing costs of living. Montréal would be pretty nice, but English language laws...

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ng12 9y ago

How about they worry about keeping their own tech employees first? A third my team is from Waterloo or U of T.

zazpowered 9y ago
That's part of the article
- Arizhel 9y ago
  I didn't see anything in the article about that, I only saw them spout some fanciful ideas about employees being cheaper in Canada due to the "exchange rate" (which is BS, they're ignoring the extremely high cost of living there, namely in housing) and somehow being "more loyal", and they said that companies were going to push the "homesickness" angle to get employees to return. In short, they're completely ignoring the paltry salaries that Canadian companies offer, and making the classic mistake that so many cheap-ass companies make, thinking that somehow, employees shouldn't worry about salary and should be happy to work for whatever pittance a company offers and should be grateful and loyal, right up until the company lays them off in a downsizing.

geebee 9y ago

I want Silicon Valley's tech employees too, for $5 an hour. Pretty sure everyone does. Not sure if that means a damn thing, though. Are Canadian companies raising salaries to comparable levels, or at least something competitive? If not, I'd say that's a pretty good sign about how much they actually want Silicon Valley's engineers.

Arizhel 9y ago

Oh great. If you think Silicon Valley real estate prices and rents are ridiculous, they're nothing compared to the prices in Vancouver BC. And Toronto prices are pretty ridiculous too. And from everything I've read, the salaries offered in the software field in Canada are generally lousy.

Apocryphon 9y ago
Montréal?