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Re:Canada's Tech Firms Capitalize On Immigration Anxiety by stale2002 on Monday June 12, 2017 @05:23PM (#14541248)
Canadian developers should compete in the market and should not make up new BS laws to keep out competition. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

We are specifically arguing that the market should determine salaries. Don't put up barriers to entry. Let the market work it out.

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Re:Canada's Tech Firms Capitalize On Immigration Anxiety by kareemm on Monday June 12, 2017 @10:35PM (#14542543)
I'm not arguing we should put up barriers like certification.

I'm merely stating that if I were a Canadian developer competing against other developers for a job, and the supply of competitive developers increased, I would be unhappy because that would drive down salaries. This is uncontroversial.

Barriers to competition like certification are one way to keep salaries high. I'm surprised that for how analytical developers are, this barrier has yet to be erected.

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