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Dunno. Salary in Silicon Valley - $300k. Salary in Vancouver - $80k. Rent almost the same. Weather in Silicon Valley - year-round sunny. Weather in Vancouver -

by bitL 8y ago

Dunno. Salary in Silicon Valley - $300k. Salary in Vancouver - $80k. Rent almost the same. Weather in Silicon Valley - year-round sunny. Weather in Vancouver - 2 months of sun, rest gloomy. Are you sure you want to move to Canada? It used to be that MS/AMZN had a back up base in Vancouver for anyone who didn't make the cut with H1B/O-1.

mainliningfbs 8y ago
Why would you move to second world country that is sliding the wrong way? Why not move a first world country that is safe and cares about its citizens?
MAGZine 8y ago
your salary numbers seem a little off, and, at least in sf rent numbers are not the same. compare new 1bdrm apts between sf and yvr and you'll see. amazon/microsoft just regularly employs people in YVR, not just for L1 purposes. they've been causing salaries (and rents) to rise. anyhow, you're discounting a lot of things about Vancouver because you make a little more and the weather is a little sunnier.
- bitL 8y ago
  I spent some time in Vancouver, I can compare. And people are extremely upset about rent hike, not sure why would anyone want to go there at the moment to be honest. The same happening in Toronto and Montreal AFAIK.
  - MAGZine 8y ago
    i also spent some time in vancouver. amazon has pulled up salaries across the area since expanding there a couple years ago.
aprdm 8y ago
Why are you comparing an extreme high salary in SF to an average salary in Vancouver?
- closeparen 8y ago
  $300k is a high salary but a perfectly ordinary total comp in the Bay Area (with the caveat that $100-150k of it may be illiquid for a few years).
  - aprdm 8y ago
    If you work at FAANG like companies surely
dmode 8y ago
At this point, salary stocks doesn't matter. We have made enough living in the Bay Area. I can personally weather the low salary for a few years
Jack000 8y ago
Vancouver rent is much cheaper than SF in absolute terms (2000 CAD vs 3750USD) - it's even cheaper if you're willing to live in the suburbs and commute. Vancouver is expensive if you make a local salary, but it's great for remote work. http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/padmapper-average-rent-canada-february-2018 http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/padmapper-average-rent-canada... https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/ https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-ren...
fredophile 8y ago
I'm pretty sure Amazon employees in Vancouver make about the same as employees in the Seattle HQ. That might not be on par with what you'd get in SF but it wouldn't be that far off. When I moved from Vancouver to SF I went from paying ~$1000 for an apartment in East Van to paying over $2000 for a similarly sized aparment in the suburbs south of SF. Both places were comparable for size and access to Skytrain/BART for getting into downtown but the Vancouver location was a lot more convenient in general. You're also overstating the difference in the weather. SF gets plenty of foggy, gloomy days.

by bitL 8y ago

mainliningfbs 8y ago

Why would you move to second world country that is sliding the wrong way? Why not move a first world country that is safe and cares about its citizens?

MAGZine 8y ago

your salary numbers seem a little off, and, at least in sf rent numbers are not the same. compare new 1bdrm apts between sf and yvr and you'll see. amazon/microsoft just regularly employs people in YVR, not just for L1 purposes. they've been causing salaries (and rents) to rise. anyhow, you're discounting a lot of things about Vancouver because you make a little more and the weather is a little sunnier.

bitL 8y ago
I spent some time in Vancouver, I can compare. And people are extremely upset about rent hike, not sure why would anyone want to go there at the moment to be honest. The same happening in Toronto and Montreal AFAIK.
- MAGZine 8y ago
  i also spent some time in vancouver. amazon has pulled up salaries across the area since expanding there a couple years ago.

aprdm 8y ago

Why are you comparing an extreme high salary in SF to an average salary in Vancouver?

closeparen 8y ago
$300k is a high salary but a perfectly ordinary total comp in the Bay Area (with the caveat that $100-150k of it may be illiquid for a few years).
- aprdm 8y ago
  If you work at FAANG like companies surely

dmode 8y ago

At this point, salary stocks doesn't matter. We have made enough living in the Bay Area. I can personally weather the low salary for a few years

Jack000 8y ago

Vancouver rent is much cheaper than SF in absolute terms (2000 CAD vs 3750USD) - it's even cheaper if you're willing to live in the suburbs and commute. Vancouver is expensive if you make a local salary, but it's great for remote work. http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/padmapper-average-rent-canada-february-2018 http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/padmapper-average-rent-canada... https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/ https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-ren...

fredophile 8y ago

I'm pretty sure Amazon employees in Vancouver make about the same as employees in the Seattle HQ. That might not be on par with what you'd get in SF but it wouldn't be that far off. When I moved from Vancouver to SF I went from paying ~$1000 for an apartment in East Van to paying over $2000 for a similarly sized aparment in the suburbs south of SF. Both places were comparable for size and access to Skytrain/BART for getting into downtown but the Vancouver location was a lot more convenient in general. You're also overstating the difference in the weather. SF gets plenty of foggy, gloomy days.