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Low corporate tax rates and laughing young people are the harbingers of WW3?

They say $40k is the median salary for new developers in Canada, this is much lower than I've observed and it makes me question the quality of the entire dataset. Are these really …

I read the second edition of Code Complete when I started my first job. Very good book to transition from fresh grad to professional. It has some very dry sections (eg. a chapter o…

I'm from Toronto, good senior engineers that aren't working in a sweat shop make $100k CAD or more, you can rent a nice apartment downtown for $2k per month.

I've always used R for analysis, but using Python opens up the world of PySpark and more scalable ML environments. I think long term Python will become more prevalent in Data scien…

Maybe they're betting on the British pound to drop so they can hire engineers on the cheap. My understanding is that salaries (for software developers) in London are already pretty…

This. Canadian salaries are low, compared to the US. They're much better than Europe.

People who can't get visas to the US

I understand the author's frustration but this sounds like sour grapes. Sure, the interview questions that Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and pretty much every big tech compan…

I think the lack of assets explains the angst shown by many Americans this election cycle much better than the employment rate. Enough people are working, they're just not making e…

Houses are many baby boomers' retirement savings. Governments are stuck because if they pop the bubble to make housing more affordable, they'll be pissing off a lot of people about…

I was about to share this on hipchat at work until I realized it's April 1st. Very well written April Fools post!

The company brings up research that says 25% of people that drink A1 milk feel discomfort, yet they don't have a number for their own a2 milk, just anecdotes. An experiment compari…

Another issue is the level of government providing the solution. If one town gives all homeless people a place to live, that could act to attract homeless people from other towns. …

I wonder if it makes sense to develop these next gen fighter jets. 10 years from now, could air forces just use swarms of drones? Stealth wouldn't be as important when you don't ha…

My thoughts exactly when Amazon decided to build a phone

I visited the US Midwest for the first time in my life a year ago on a road trip. Saw places like Kansas City and St. Louis. They were actually a bit more vibrant than I thought. T…

Totally agree and government could have a big role here. A majority of government budget goes to healthcare; they need innovation to improve. Why not throw some money to Canadian b…

I'd argue Canada made concerted efforts to support natural resource industries at the cost of all other industries. Eg. expending massive political capital with the US to push for …

It seems like the effect of the low dollar is already helping the tech sectors. Companies like Shopify make their money in USD while salaries are a bargain. American companies like…

I did an olive oil tasting at a local shop dedicated to olive oil. Unlike the grocery store olive oil I've always had, their olive oil had a bit of a burning sensation in my throat…

Random predictions from the top of my head: 1. Funding for start ups is lower than 2015 2. Genomics and anything related to autonomous vehices (including drones) will be the hottes…