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I wish American software giants would open more offices in Canada. Canadian software industry is still in a sorry state right now, but there's a lot talent in t

by jsnk 13y ago

I wish American software giants would open more offices in Canada. Canadian software industry is still in a sorry state right now, but there's a lot talent in the country. American companies can pay lower wage to Canadian devs than US and they will still attract top talents from other Canadian companies because developers are lowballed hard here.

guyzero 13y ago
Every tech company I've ever worked for in Toronto has been acquired by a US company. Quest Software/Dell, Oracle, Microsoft, and the former Novell... the only bad part is that these offices don't always keep hiring post-acquisition. But that has more to do with acquisition dynamics than Toronto being a bad place for a satellite office. But I disagree that Canadian developers would be appreciably cheaper. There are plenty of cities in the US that would be as cheap or cheaper than Toronto or Waterloo for a dev office.
memracom 13y ago
Hear, hear. Google really needs to take a hint from BufferBox. If they can set up parcel delivery sites everywhere, what about setting up small to medium sized offices in every major city so that people don't have to relocate to work with them. Start with Vancouver. Mozilla has an office here in Vancouver and near as I can tell its only function is so that local people can work close to home on one or another of the Mozilla projects. In my opinion, this is the future of work. Small hubs colocated with other small hubs, so that you are not working remote alone, but with a handful of coworkers in a larger office environment that has many businesses sharing a building and the overhead things like receptionists, room booking, coffee rooms, etc.
- herge 13y ago
  Google has debs working in Montreal and Toronto.
  - abrichr 13y ago
    Got a source for this? All I know about is the marketing office, where Hinton now works some months of the year since the acquisition of DNNresearch. [1] [1] http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/google-buys-university-of-toronto-startup-1.1373641 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/google-buys-university-of-...
    - DonPellegrino 13y ago
      The Montreal office is on Ste-Catherine, near Place Ville-Marie. Afaik they work on Chrome.
- cmlplunkett 13y ago
  Google has an office of about 250 developers in Kitchener/Waterloo.
mahyarm 13y ago
It's easier to just import them on TN visas than to open another office. Managers would probably love everyone living in one mega-headquarters if it was actually practical.

by jsnk 13y ago

guyzero 13y ago

Every tech company I've ever worked for in Toronto has been acquired by a US company. Quest Software/Dell, Oracle, Microsoft, and the former Novell... the only bad part is that these offices don't always keep hiring post-acquisition. But that has more to do with acquisition dynamics than Toronto being a bad place for a satellite office. But I disagree that Canadian developers would be appreciably cheaper. There are plenty of cities in the US that would be as cheap or cheaper than Toronto or Waterloo for a dev office.

memracom 13y ago

Hear, hear. Google really needs to take a hint from BufferBox. If they can set up parcel delivery sites everywhere, what about setting up small to medium sized offices in every major city so that people don't have to relocate to work with them. Start with Vancouver. Mozilla has an office here in Vancouver and near as I can tell its only function is so that local people can work close to home on one or another of the Mozilla projects. In my opinion, this is the future of work. Small hubs colocated with other small hubs, so that you are not working remote alone, but with a handful of coworkers in a larger office environment that has many businesses sharing a building and the overhead things like receptionists, room booking, coffee rooms, etc.

herge 13y ago
Google has debs working in Montreal and Toronto.
- abrichr 13y ago
  Got a source for this? All I know about is the marketing office, where Hinton now works some months of the year since the acquisition of DNNresearch. [1] [1] http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/google-buys-university-of-toronto-startup-1.1373641 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/google-buys-university-of-...
  - DonPellegrino 13y ago
    The Montreal office is on Ste-Catherine, near Place Ville-Marie. Afaik they work on Chrome.
cmlplunkett 13y ago
Google has an office of about 250 developers in Kitchener/Waterloo.

mahyarm 13y ago

It's easier to just import them on TN visas than to open another office. Managers would probably love everyone living in one mega-headquarters if it was actually practical.