linguist_1

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   by linguist_1 9y ago

   I had a Canadian colleague of mine describe it as the "1812 tax", basically the "tax" Canada pays for losing the 1812 war and failing to become a proper US state. Everything is more expensive, and the second grade curren
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   by linguist_1 9y ago

   We had so many Canadians applying for remote jobs at the last company I worked at. Honestly they got treated just like the "Indian Undergraduate Internship" [1] mails my old lab used to get. Piped straight to dev/null. The fa
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   by linguist_1 9y ago

   Second grade tech attracts second grade employees and second grade funding. That's the law of the market. Vancouver is interesting because it's also where a lot of american firms set shops in order to house employees that can&#x27
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   by linguist_1 9y ago

   That CEO is delusional. The work culture is actually miles ahead in the United States too. A lot of it has to do with the respect that comes with a good salary. You are far more likely to treat an employee worth 120k as less expandable than
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   by linguist_1 9y ago

   > Similar happened in France and French Quebec. Modern French is formalized Parisian french. While Canadian French is country French, according to a very posh friend, the most educated québécois still sounds like a country hick the first