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Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by eloff »

smoe wrote: post #467
eloff wrote: post #448

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who spent ten years in Panama and working for a Swiss company, that must have been a culture shock after Switzerland. Did you speak Spanish before you moved?

Added up, I have spent almost two years in Latin America prior to moving here. Just traveling the first time and traveling plus working remotely the second time. So I already spoke the language quite well and roughly knew what to expect. I didn't expect the grass to be greener. Just greener in some parts, browner in others. Also I like being culture shocked – it tends to widen my horizon :)

Yeah definitely greener in some places and browner in other, I couldn't agree more. But it was a good experience for me too, I married a Panamanian. Plus no income or property tax was just an incredible benefit, I miss that a lot! I'll go back there when I can, just for the taxes.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by kspaans »

run4yourlives2 wrote: post #498
nvk wrote: post #9

Corp tax in Ontario is 15% and free health care. Dev pay also comparable. Come over :)

I'm Canadian. Dev pay is not comparable unless your margin of error is literally tens of thousands of dollars.

Cost of living in Toronto is roughly 30% cheaper than SF: https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/san-fra...?

So a 15-20% salary reduction probably puts you ahead.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by eloff »

santaclaus wrote: post #438
slashdev wrote: post #435

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If you're a software engineer working in Canada, you can get a 50% pay bump just by crossing the border. My recommendation is get a remote job for a smaller company that will pay you in US dollars. After converting to Canadian dollars you'll be about 30% ahead of your Canadian peers but without having to pay Silicon Valley living costs or immigrate into a country crazy enough to elect Trump. If you can live away from…

> After converting to Canadian dollars you'll be about 30% ahead of your Canadian peers Not for long -- America just out brexited the U.K.

The effect that will have on the Canadian dollar remains to be seen. I don't expect it to strengthen anytime soon. It fell in reaction to the news.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by eloff »

slashdev wrote: post #435
colmvp wrote: post #5

Canada seems appealing to Americans until you realize you could be earning more in the U.S. while spending less on a bunch of other things. Don't get me wrong, I love living in Canada and I mostly don't miss living in Bay Area, but most of my friends lament the fact that their salary and career opportunities are a joke compared to what they could have in the U.S. (even adjusting for cost of living).

If you're a software engineer working in Canada, you can get a 50% pay bump just by crossing the border. My recommendation is get a remote job for a smaller company that will pay you in US dollars. After converting to Canadian dollars you'll be about 30% ahead of your Canadian peers but without having to pay Silicon Valley living costs or immigrate into a country crazy enough to elect Trump. If you can live away from…

By the way, if you want to be 300% ahead of your peers, get that remote job, sell your house, close your bank accounts in Canada, and seek non-resident status. Travel the world and bank that extra $70000 a year that would have gone to taxes. Ten years doing that and you can probably retire.

Speaking as someone who did that, and is amazed that it doesn't occur to more people. It's not for everyone, probably most people can't just up and move, their spouse likely can't get a job elsewhere that easily, and there is the question of what to do for the kid's education. If you're single though, you're crazy to stay.

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Post by M_Grey »

masonic wrote: post #279
b1daly wrote: post #278

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I'm not sure I follow. Can't Congress just pass a law outlawing abortion, Trump signs, then it's the law? For the Supreme Court to overturn, there would have to a lawsuit to stop it.

No, for a variety of reasons. First of all, it wouldn't pass, because Democrats would vote 95% against and Republicans at most 75% for. But even if it DID pass the House, the Senate would just filibuster it. And even if by some miracle one was passed and signed, it would hit an immediate injunction from the Federal court of the abortion-backers' choice, using Roe as a precedent. The concept makes for a good scare tac…

Oh that's cute, you think the filibuster rule is going to survive the first week of this congress?

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by M_Grey »

Tepix wrote: post #252
tuna-piano wrote: post #67

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If you didn't read the newspaper, how many of the negative things you mentioned would actually impact your life? Would you even know who was president for the last 4 (or the next 4) based on the impacts to your life? I'd guess not. Just live your life and be happy, vote when you can but don't let what you don't control make you sad.

Climate change is real. The most important country electing a climate denier is more than just slighty depressing. It's a threat to zhe planet.

It's true, but at the end of the day you can already see that we're not going to do a damned meaningful thing about it whoever gets elected. The kinds of changes needed are not going to come about in a timely fashion, and when we start to move, it will be far too late (if it isn't already). On that point at least, our fate is sealed.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by nvk »

run4yourlives2 wrote: post #498
nvk wrote: post #9

Corp tax in Ontario is 15% and free health care. Dev pay also comparable. Come over :)

I'm Canadian. Dev pay is not comparable unless your margin of error is literally tens of thousands of dollars.

Every good dev I know makes 100K+

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by nvk »

run4yourlives2 wrote: post #498
nvk wrote: post #9

Corp tax in Ontario is 15% and free health care. Dev pay also comparable. Come over :)

I'm Canadian. Dev pay is not comparable unless your margin of error is literally tens of thousands of dollars.

Every good dev I know makes 100K+ and cost of living is much less.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by nvk »

run4yourlives2 wrote: post #498
nvk wrote: post #9

Corp tax in Ontario is 15% and free health care. Dev pay also comparable. Come over :)

I'm Canadian. Dev pay is not comparable unless your margin of error is literally tens of thousands of dollars.

Every good dev I know makes 100K+, some make 150K+ and cost of living is much less.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by usaphp »

arcticbull wrote: post #455
Cerium wrote: post #439

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As a fairly young US citizen I'm curious, I thought that most health care plans have an out of pocket maximum that is usually in the low to mid thousands per year. Would this situation not be one that limits the yearly cost that way?

US median individual wage is $39K/yr for males and $26.5K/yr for females [1]. That amounts to an after-total-tax (for a California resident) of $28K/yr for males and $19K/yr for females. Average rent ranges from $500-$3600/mth though for illustrative purposes (taking into account people in expensive places share) let's use $1K/mth for our hypothetical person. [3] That leaves you with $16K/yr (male) and $7K/yr (female…

But with such a low income you will receive either a Medi-Cal which is almost free or a substantial government subsidy to pay for your health plan.
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