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Re:Toronto tech is growing but relying on outside talent by thecleaner on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:43AM (#20645023)
Even with the current compensation scene ? Software salaries seem to be really low everywhere except US. Even in other places its the american companies that pay well and the rest are bad.
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Re:Toronto tech is growing but relying on outside talent by crw5996 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @12:00PM (#20645708)
No. Personally, I would have a hard time turning down SF, Seattle, or NYC for Toronto; this is mostly because of salary.

I've never been to SF, but compared to the other two cities I named above, Toronto was much nicer imho. For a city of 2m+ people, it just felt incredibly clean and safe

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Re:Toronto tech is growing but relying on outside talent by ryry on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:53AM (#20645116)
Exactly. A ton of Toronto devs I know have left for the US. The base salaries are higher, and the exchange rate only adds more.
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Re:Toronto tech is growing but relying on outside talent by fuzz4lyfe on Friday August 09, 2019 @11:08AM (#20655049)
Salaries generally are lower compared to the US everywhere I've looked. Those labor protections and social safety net aren't free is my guess as to why.
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