Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
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Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
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Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#2Yeah the Toronto tech job market is really hot right now. Moved there from Silicon Valley for almost two years but I wouldn't recommend it. Pay is much lower and cost of living is still relatively high. If you are looking to stay in North America, Seattle, Austin, or LA, seem like much better bets to me
Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#3How? Why? I mean, it's easy to see the return on investment that SV has yielded from employing more people, and to see the competitive advantage SV has to maintain its growth. But Toronto is everything bad about SV, and nothing good. Its housing is just as unaffordable, yet it doesn't have a large network of talent from decades of innovative companies to draw from.
Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#4Salaries in Toronto are pretty low comparable to COL.
Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#5So what? They still pay crap. I took a 2x pay cut when I worked here again rather than SF. Cost of living constantly rising too.
Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#6How? Why? I mean, it's easy to see the return on investment that SV has yielded from employing more people, and to see the competitive advantage SV has to maintain its growth. But Toronto is everything bad about SV, and nothing good. Its housing is just as unaffordable, yet it doesn't have a large network of talent from decades of innovative companies to draw from.
>Its housing is just as unaffordable
What? It's not even remotely close.
Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#7This is a garbage article. At least link to the original press release from CBRE: https://www.cbre.us/about/media-center/tech-thirty-2016.
Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#8I think the "senior" web developers with less than 5 years work history seem to be earning $90K/year, which seems low.
Any thoughts?
Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#9How? Why? I mean, it's easy to see the return on investment that SV has yielded from employing more people, and to see the competitive advantage SV has to maintain its growth. But Toronto is everything bad about SV, and nothing good. Its housing is just as unaffordable, yet it doesn't have a large network of talent from decades of innovative companies to draw from.
It's actually a very attractive option for people who are stuck in the EB-2 GC queue in the US. For instance, you could wait in the US for 15 years on a H1-B unable to open your own business, or you could move to Toronto on Express Entry and try and build a company.
Re: Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years
#10I think the "senior" web developers with less than 5 years work history seem to be earning $90K/year, which seems low. Any thoughts?
I don't know any Canadian developer with less than 5 years of experience earning $90k/year. Most developers I know with more than 5 years of experience earn less than $90k/year.