News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Canada for tech jobs?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Canada for tech jobs? by jayparth on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:41PM (#23440889)
The best jobs? Granted I don't know what "the best jobs" are in Victoria, but that seems surprising. Are there big tech offices in Victoria?

If there aren't good jobs there then it's a different story.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Canada for tech jobs? by dleslie on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:48PM (#23440932)
There's hardly anything in Victoria. It's a Government and Retirement town.

Edit: apparently my perspective is dated; see the replies.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Canada for tech jobs? by chrisfosterelli on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:02PM (#23441042)
Tech is the city's biggest industry.

https://www.victoriachamber.ca/about-victoria.html

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Canada for tech jobs? by dleslie on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:11PM (#23441143)
Was just reading this; sounds like tech started becoming a growth industry recently. Neat!

https://www.vicnews.com/business/booming-tech-sector-in-grea...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Canada for tech jobs? by TheBiffer on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:58PM (#23441015)
No so. Victoria has a thriving software community.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Canada for tech jobs? by chrisfosterelli on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:04PM (#23441066)
There's a significant amount of startups / medium companies / consultancies but no "heavy hitter" offices like FAMGA, which is probably a driver behind the state of salaries. There is some Amazon presence through an acquisition they made on ABE books. Though there's also lots of remote workers here too for big companies like Github / etc.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Canada for tech jobs? by throwmyusername on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @12:28PM (#23468036)
Workday. Unless they moved out of Victoria cause it's hard to recruit.
[ Parent | on HN ]