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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by vonmoltke on Friday May 04, 2018 @05:05PM (#16998340)
FAANG can only hire so many engineers, the positions tend to be highly competitive, they pull them from all over the world, and the drop-off in compensation at the next level is pretty significant.
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by xeromal on Friday May 04, 2018 @05:20PM (#16998456)
But they push other tech firms to make their offerings more palatable.
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by netheril96 on Friday May 04, 2018 @07:14PM (#16999183)
Can Canadian programmers good enough to be hired by FAANG be paid similar salaries in Canada?
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by jonny_eh on Friday May 04, 2018 @07:45PM (#16999335)
No, that's the whole point of this discussion.
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by netheril96 on Friday May 04, 2018 @10:11PM (#16999934)
It's a rhetorical question.
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by querulous on Friday May 04, 2018 @10:13PM (#16999944)
they can work for FAANG in canada at a 30-40% discount (well not FN, but AAG)
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by TulliusCicero on Friday May 04, 2018 @05:52PM (#16998691)
They have an anchoring effect.
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