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Re:Montreal Is Leading the AI World Takeover by edblarney on Monday January 16, 2017 @12:49AM (#13408426)
"You speak as if salaries in Montreal would reach the highest tax bracket."

Ha ha - you nailed it.

I believe the 'extra 10%' kicks in at only 85K CDN. Which is not that much. It's like 65K USD. A pittance.

This has to be one hugely odd thing about Montreal - especially with exchange rates, salaries are so low.

You might think that's a good thing, but really, it's not because talent will leave.

On the other hand, if you have something good going, you can get good talent cheap, and perhaps pay them above market rates.

Even though the cost of living is commensurate - it's hard for young people to factor that in. They see $150K salary in the US and glaze over it.

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Re:Montreal Is Leading the AI World Takeover by miguelrochefort on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:53PM (#13413358)
> Even though the cost of living is commensurate - it's hard for young people to factor that in. They see $150K salary in the US and glaze over it.

I don't even earn a third of that, and I've been building native iOS, Android and Windows apps for more than 3 years...

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