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Re:Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is h... by raverbashing on Sunday February 09, 2020 @02:16AM (#22280850)
Yes but not everybody can get to this level of compensation even in SF

If you can grow, you'll grow pretty much everywhere

I know the 600k sound tempting but it's not like it doesn't have any strings attached.

Getting paid, let's say 200k USD in Canada, might get you closer to owning your home than the 600k in SF

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Re:Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is h... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 09, 2020 @02:43AM (#22280932)
No, $600k in SF is better than $200k in Canada in probably all circumstances. As long as your housing costs don’t scale with your income, you are already winning with an extra $100k of comp per year. That isn’t even considering that lots of things are more expensive in Canada, taxes are a bit higher, and Vancouver and Toronto aren’t cheap.
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Re:Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is h... by jbay808 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @02:55AM (#22280963)
Where in Canada? Winnipeg? That's not where these offices are going.
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Re:Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is h... by taylortbb on Sunday February 09, 2020 @03:33AM (#22281059)
Google's announcement was 1000 Montreal, 1000 Toronto, 3000 Kitchener-Waterloo. Montreal and KW being the engineering locations. Both Montreal and KW have much more reasonable housing, and are far cheaper than Toronto/Vancouver.
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Re:Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is h... by tathougies on Sunday February 09, 2020 @11:09AM (#22282732)
Gosh if you just save that salary for 5 years in the US you wont need to work for life.
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Re:Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is h... by joshspankit on Sunday February 09, 2020 @01:22PM (#22283465)
Legitimately one of the reasons it’s hard to keep top talent: they save for a few years and either retire or start their own companies.
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