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As a Canadian tech guy who travels to Silicon Valley and Seattle fairly frequently the impression that most US techies have is that Toronto is an awesome place
by canada_dry 8y ago
As a Canadian tech guy who travels to Silicon Valley and Seattle fairly frequently the impression that most US techies have is that Toronto is an awesome place to live, but it is not (yet) a magnet for top talent.
There are many amazing startups at any given moment in Toronto... but many of the folks involved have their sights set on FANG.
- digianarchist 8y agoNot hard to see why. I just jumped jobs in Toronto and I found it very hard to find a job that pays $120k+ CAD, a developer with 6+ years of experience.
- paulie_a 8y agoI am not familiar with Toronto personally but it would have one huge benefit over silicon valley...you don't have to live in silicon valley. Edit: I'd prefer Siberia over sv, there is a reason talented people are getting the hell out of there and many major companies are building huge offices elsewhere.
- abrichr 8y agoWhat is the reason?
- matt-snider 8y agoYah I'd be interested to know this as well
- paulie_a 8y agoCost of living/lack of decent housing, low quality transportation and quite frankly the snobbery of SV to name a few.
- scardine 8y agoMay be Canada can't attract top talent from USA but the best half of the team that worked with me in Brazil the last couple years are now in Canada, Ireland or Germany.