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While we could certainly pick up a few people, I can't see how it could possibly be more than a few unless Canada's tech firms start paying more. Source: devel
by drspacemonkey 9y ago
While we could certainly pick up a few people, I can't see how it could possibly be more than a few unless Canada's tech firms start paying more.
Source: developer in Vancouver who could easily get 2x the salary a 4 hour train ride south. I stay in Canada because it's my home.
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- dleslie 9y ago> I stay in Canada because it's my home. Likewise; all things considered, I consider the value of staying in Vancouver well worth the difference in salary to the USA. However, I prefer to work in video games, and in this industry compensation is shit basically everywhere.
- nasalgoat 9y agoFor me, I don't qualify for a TN visa because I don't have a college degree. I could probably walk in off the street to most places in SF with my 20+ years of experience and triple my salary, but my visa eligibility leaves me here. There's lots of people in similar situations, so it's not impossible to find 10x devs up here, just more difficult than SF.
- drspacemonkey 9y agoIt's not every degree that grants TN eligibility, either. Software engineering degrees are eligible, CompSci are explicitly not eligible. So I'd be out, too. Though I could likely find a Seattle-based company willing to let me work remote most of the time. I could hop on the train once a month and AirBnB a place for a week, and many employers would be satisfied with that. It's what I'm considering next time I'm on the job hunt.