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Lower population, essentially. Vancouver, Montreal, and Waterloo are major tech cities. There's cutting-edge research paired with major companies and univerisi
by freeone3000 9y ago
Lower population, essentially.
Vancouver, Montreal, and Waterloo are major tech cities. There's cutting-edge research paired with major companies and univerisites. You might have heard of a few small companies such as "shopify", "500px", or "kik". Canada is 6% tech.
But there's a bit of ramp-up delay. Canada has nearly the population of California. There's a practical limit to how fast growth can take place. There are also other factors, such as weather (it's -26C in Montreal today), and salary (you will earn less as a canadian permanent resident than you will on a H1B in the states).
- throwaway_45 9y agoCali has a 67% higher gdp than canada. Texas has the same gdp as Canada despite having 2/3rd the number of people. I just think the importance of the H1B is a little overblown, but I am not opposed to to it either. I think if you can make it to the US and hold a job we shouldn't kick you out.
- uiri 9y agoIt isn't lower population. Canadian culture has a bad case of tall poppy syndrome. I'm Canadian and the jobs in the US simply pay 50% more (before taking into account things like the exchange rate or taxes) than jobs in Canada do. Employers don't want to hire Silicon Valley level talent. If they did, they would pay to match. Canada's economy and policies actively encourage brain drain.