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If only the US had won, then all those canadian programmers in Vancouver and Toronto wouldn't have to migrate to get a decent paying job.
by lacampbell 7y ago
If only the US had won, then all those canadian programmers in Vancouver and Toronto wouldn't have to migrate to get a decent paying job.
- dentemple 7y agoThere's nothing stopping Canadian companies from paying the same wages as American companies.
- eloff 7y agoThere's one thing stopping them, not enough Canadian programmers are willing to vote with their feet. So the supply is too high in the labor market. I do my part, whenever a recruiter contacts me on linked-in for a domestic position, I reply thanks but I don't work for Canadian companies.
- lacampbell 7y agoI like it. Do you work remotely for US companies in Canada?
- eloff 7y agoUsually, but now I work unpaid on my own venture. I made an exception for a couple months last year and worked for a Canadian company at US level wages. They let me go pretty quickly. I think I was too expensive for them.
- astrodust 7y agoThe VC market isn't as overheated as it is in San Francisco. "There's nothing stopping New York companies from paying the same wages as..."
- dang 7y ago"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- lacampbell 7y agoIt was a joke, lighten up!