U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
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Re: U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
#2I understand the article is about visa, but the salary discrepancy between the two is very large. I am sure many Canadians are moving to SV to double or triple their salaries.
Re: U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
#3Raw numbers don't tell the whole story. From personal experience, Canada is great for new immigrants to get educated and started, but US always vacuums up the best talents.
Re: U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
#4Let's not pretend that Canadian cities are a utopia for tech workers. Vancouver and Toronto are insanely expensive and salaries just don't compare to those a hundred kilometres to the south. Hopefully it steadily improves but I'm not hopeful with these tech companies having virtually an unlimited supply and no incentive to boost salaries.
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#5I understand the article is about visa, but the salary discrepancy between the two is very large. I am sure many Canadians are moving to SV to double or triple their salaries.
And their expenses!
Re: U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
#6Toronto salaries are less than half than in the US for software developer roles. With the high cost of living, I dont know how anyone can live there.
Re: U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
#7I understand the article is about visa, but the salary discrepancy between the two is very large. I am sure many Canadians are moving to SV to double or triple their salaries.
And their expenses!
Not so much! Vancouver isn't cheap either, and a lot of stuff in the US is just cheaper.
And whenever I'm making more than I'm spending, I'd happily multiply both numbers.
Re: U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
#8I understand the article is about visa, but the salary discrepancy between the two is very large. I am sure many Canadians are moving to SV to double or triple their salaries.
And their expenses!
Are we talking about the same Canada? Besides food, almost everything else is more expensive in Canada, diapers cost twice as much for example.
Re: U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
#9I'm moving from San Francisco to Toronto soon.
Staying at the same job, my salary will go from $180k usd to $128k usd ($170k cad). (Equity comp remains the same)
That's a pretty big cut, though at least for me it's worth it because of non-monetary reasons, like being closer to family, not dealing with immigration anymore, healthcare/education.
The money stuff isn't so bad. A downtown Toronto condo is a lot cheaper than San Francisco. That alone makes the pay cut easy enough to swallow. Either way I can comfortably live on a tech salary.
Starting prices for:
3 Bed SF condo: 1.2M usd
3 Bed TO condo: 0.7M usd (900k cad)
No rigorous comparison, just from me house hunting in both markets.