Re:Ask HN: Moving Out of Silicon Valley because of housing? ...
by raverbashing on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @04:04PM
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Yes, the main language is usually English
"and companies are STARVED for talent. It's very, very hard to hire people in Montreal"
Yadda, yadda, yadda
I spent a couple of months sending CVs around Montreal (this was after having Canadian experience) to no avail, just to have several ones take me seriously in Toronto and actually make an offer
So yeah, they're starved by their own doing.
(And I do speak French actually)
The city is lovely, very cultural, I love it, but the fact that it's an Island makes real-estate issues "interesting". Worse taxi-drivers on the planet though (but now there's Uber)
"and companies are STARVED for talent. It's very, very hard to hire people in Montreal"
Yadda, yadda, yadda
I spent a couple of months sending CVs around Montreal (this was after having Canadian experience) to no avail, just to have several ones take me seriously in Toronto and actually make an offer
So yeah, they're starved by their own doing.
(And I do speak French actually)
The city is lovely, very cultural, I love it, but the fact that it's an Island makes real-estate issues "interesting". Worse taxi-drivers on the planet though (but now there's Uber)