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Re:Canada's Tech Firms Capitalize On Immigration Anxiety by rb808 on Monday June 12, 2017 @06:00PM (#14541475)
Sure but the second problem isn't the general level of salaries its that most countries dont have a city like the Bay Area or NYC. If you compare similar types of cities: Portland/Vancouver and Chicago/Toronto I dont think the salaries are 3x.

(Though I get the point that this isn't consistent with my first comment)

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Re:Canada's Tech Firms Capitalize On Immigration Anxiety by canadian123456 on Monday June 12, 2017 @06:42PM (#14541714)
Entry level for a really good engineer in Toronto is... 90k if we're optimistic & it's changed since I last looked last year? Entry level for a really good engineer in America is 185k+. Total compensation, obviously.

That's before taking into account the volume of job opportunities, exchange rate, and access to goods and services.

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Re:Canada's Tech Firms Capitalize On Immigration Anxiety by rb808 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @11:34AM (#14545549)
> Entry level for a really good engineer in America is 185k+.

Maybe in the Bay area. Most of the USA you'd get half that with 10y experience.

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