> 150K is pretty much the average salary for any programmer in silicon valley, though, right? Pretty much :) > Autodesk also has a big presence in Montreal I

> 150K is pretty much the average salary for any programmer in silicon valley, though, right? Pretty much :) > Autodesk also has a big presence in Montreal Interesting. I'm very interested in the Montreal job scene because I live just across the NY/Canadian border and have wanted to relocate to Canada for a while now. Unfortunately, the salaries haven't been there for web development or game development. > Video game skills that old apply much better to the (much better paying) embedded market. Do you work in embedded systems? How difficult a field is it to break into? I've been thinking about shifting in that direction for my own personal sanity, if nothing else. Doing nothing but building virtual worlds and websites for a decade makes you long for the physical world. I do, at least.