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In BC, UBC and SFU are considered recruiting universities with UBC being slightly ahead of SFU, but behind Waterloo in Ontario. Vancouver is quite hot now for

In BC, UBC and SFU are considered recruiting universities with UBC being slightly ahead of SFU, but behind Waterloo in Ontario. Vancouver is quite hot now for startups and tech in general. SAP alone has 1,000 employees in Vancouver, plus Microsoft which is doubling. IBM is decreasing its size though. Vancouver is often considered better for lifestyle except for the cost of housing. If you like the outdoors, Vancouver is the obvious choice.

gotrecruit 12y ago
one reasons i'm seriously considering UBC is because the degree i'm offered can be completed in only 20 months, and i've also heard the weather in vancouver can be very nice. but there is an overwhelmingly larger number of articles and people saying toronto is the better place for startups and i can't help but feel that i might find better talent in UofT vs UBC. is cost of housing in vancouver really sky high? and i do like the outdoors - i enjoying skiing and intend to do that perhaps once a month or so.
- gyardley 12y ago
  Toronto might be a little better than Vancouver, but the difference isn't that extreme - we're not talking Silicon Valley vs. Des Moines here. You're concerned about the weather - Vancouver's the clear winner here. You can finish your degree in twenty months - again, Vancouver's the clear winner. Finally, that twenty-month UBC program's got extra resources to get people who aren't programmers and are switching careers up to speed - it's designed for your situation, while Toronto's ordinary CS program is just going to throw you in with everyone else.
- throwaway3444 12y ago
  if you're planning to stay in Canada afterwards the difference is not that big, UBC should give you a benefit of getting a bachelor's degree in just 2 years. But if you're planning to go somewhere else (U.S. etc.), go UofT by all means, nobody outside of Canada knows where the heck is UBC. Vancouver is a beautiful place, definitely wins in terms of landscape, but the tech job pool is also super small, you will find out that pretty much everyone has worked at the same couple of places.

gotrecruit 12y ago

one reasons i'm seriously considering UBC is because the degree i'm offered can be completed in only 20 months, and i've also heard the weather in vancouver can be very nice. but there is an overwhelmingly larger number of articles and people saying toronto is the better place for startups and i can't help but feel that i might find better talent in UofT vs UBC. is cost of housing in vancouver really sky high? and i do like the outdoors - i enjoying skiing and intend to do that perhaps once a month or so.

gyardley 12y ago
Toronto might be a little better than Vancouver, but the difference isn't that extreme - we're not talking Silicon Valley vs. Des Moines here. You're concerned about the weather - Vancouver's the clear winner here. You can finish your degree in twenty months - again, Vancouver's the clear winner. Finally, that twenty-month UBC program's got extra resources to get people who aren't programmers and are switching careers up to speed - it's designed for your situation, while Toronto's ordinary CS program is just going to throw you in with everyone else.
throwaway3444 12y ago
if you're planning to stay in Canada afterwards the difference is not that big, UBC should give you a benefit of getting a bachelor's degree in just 2 years. But if you're planning to go somewhere else (U.S. etc.), go UofT by all means, nobody outside of Canada knows where the heck is UBC. Vancouver is a beautiful place, definitely wins in terms of landscape, but the tech job pool is also super small, you will find out that pretty much everyone has worked at the same couple of places.