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Re:Why Tech Giants Can't Stop Hoarding H-1B Visas by rednafi on Thursday January 16, 2025 @01:21AM (#42721983)
This was probably true a few years ago, but Canada’s tech market has shrunk a lot. I had the option to move to Canada or Germany, and I chose the latter, even though I wasn’t happy about having to pick up German and dealing with EU bureaucracies. I had trouble finding a well-paid job in Canada that would give me an okay lifestyle in somewhere that's not Alberta.
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Re:Why Tech Giants Can't Stop Hoarding H-1B Visas by owenwil on Thursday January 16, 2025 @02:01AM (#42722239)
The market is still going, it’s just pretty tight right now, yeah. For what it’s worth, I lived in Europe for 5 years (NL) before this and honestly I think you’ve made a great choice there too. I learned a lot working in the Netherlands, and there’s lots of great things about living there you can’t find in North America. I miss not being bound to a car!
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Re:Why Tech Giants Can't Stop Hoarding H-1B Visas by saguntum on Thursday January 16, 2025 @01:27AM (#42722024)
What's wrong with Alberta? (Genuinely asking, I know close to nothing about Alberta)
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Re:Why Tech Giants Can't Stop Hoarding H-1B Visas by rednafi on Thursday January 16, 2025 @01:35AM (#42722076)
It's remote and gets extremely cold in the winter. Life is sort of lonely there if you come from a warmer region. However, at least for me, all the opportunities I was getting was there.
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