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You're speaking my language now. That's the dream right there. However Canada's tech market has me planted in Toronto for now. There are some increasingly nort

You're speaking my language now. That's the dream right there. However Canada's tech market has me planted in Toronto for now. There are some increasingly northerly-creeping companies, though. While it may not be the preferred field or quite far enough north, the work of Hinterland Games has struck me as well polished and carries a distinctly Canadian flavour: http://www.thelongdark.com/ http://www.thelongdark.com/ And apparently they're hiring... my girlfriend's mom lives out in Comox which is right down the road... now I'm thinking... https://hinterlandgames.com/career-opportunities https://hinterlandgames.com/career-opportunities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comox,_British_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comox,_British_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay,_British_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay,_British_Columbia

52-6F-62 8y ago
I'm too late to edit: but it looks like Hinterland Studio has moved to Vancouver. They were located in Cumberland previously which is located in Comox Valley. Damned shame. Maybe they had a hard time convincing talent to move to that area... but it would have been pretty damned near ideal for me! They have a two year old video extolling the virtues of the area: https://youtu.be/ft_Ar0QDjSc https://youtu.be/ft_Ar0QDjSc I'm kind of disappointed they moved
- wk_end 8y ago
  Ugh, what a bummer. For me personally, I'm not young or crazy enough to work in games professionally...but I love the island (especially up-island) and would love to see its tech scene develop - and every little bit of momentum helps, so that's a blow. There is a decent amount of stuff going in the south island, even up to Nanaimo. Tech is actually Victoria's largest industry! https://www.viatec.ca/ https://www.viatec.ca/ (by the way - it's probably at least a couple years off and might just be a pipe dream, but nevertheless I've been dreaming of some kind of hardware startup either near Nanaimo or Terrace. I took a peek at your website and saw that that might be up your alley...so if that's something you'd like to chat about feel free to drop me a line at unfactorablepolynomial at gmail)

52-6F-62 8y ago

I'm too late to edit: but it looks like Hinterland Studio has moved to Vancouver. They were located in Cumberland previously which is located in Comox Valley. Damned shame. Maybe they had a hard time convincing talent to move to that area... but it would have been pretty damned near ideal for me! They have a two year old video extolling the virtues of the area: https://youtu.be/ft_Ar0QDjSc https://youtu.be/ft_Ar0QDjSc I'm kind of disappointed they moved

wk_end 8y ago
Ugh, what a bummer. For me personally, I'm not young or crazy enough to work in games professionally...but I love the island (especially up-island) and would love to see its tech scene develop - and every little bit of momentum helps, so that's a blow. There is a decent amount of stuff going in the south island, even up to Nanaimo. Tech is actually Victoria's largest industry! https://www.viatec.ca/ https://www.viatec.ca/ (by the way - it's probably at least a couple years off and might just be a pipe dream, but nevertheless I've been dreaming of some kind of hardware startup either near Nanaimo or Terrace. I took a peek at your website and saw that that might be up your alley...so if that's something you'd like to chat about feel free to drop me a line at unfactorablepolynomial at gmail)