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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by telotortium on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @08:37PM (#36514806)
> I took a small pay cut when I moved (from ~135k USD to ~125k CAD, after a few years of raises I'm over 140k CAD now), but certainly not cutting my salary in half.

125k CAD is 94k USD. Going from 135k to 94k USD is not trivial, and Vancouver is pretty expensive as well. Skytrain is pretty awesome though.

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by morvita on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:35PM (#36516013)
The relative costs didn't change for me significantly, I was paying 2600/month USD in rent in the Bay and 2700 CAD in Vancouver, so while it was a significant paycut if you look at the value in USD, the day to day wasn't noticeable.
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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by latency-guy2 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:31AM (#36516681)
So in absolute terms, you took a paycut, and in relative terms, you still had to pay more? I hope you really like Canada, because that sounds like a bitch slap to say the least.
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