A Damning Look at the Canadian Tech Sector

Re:A Damning Look at the Canadian Tech Sector by zmitri on Thursday September 13, 2012 @04:53PM (#4518540)

Definitely fair point. There are plenty of Canadian entrepreneurs who absolutely crush it, and definitely appreciate "success".

I could have said "Building something great out of nothing and trying to be the best" is very much embedded into American folklore and culture, but not so much in Canadian.

I had a very long conversation about this with 3 generations of Canadian entrepreneurs (none of them tech mind you) and we all had a good laugh about this very topic. Again, sorry if anecdotal evidence doesn't do it for you.

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Re:A Damning Look at the Canadian Tech Sector by ckevinc on Friday September 14, 2012 @03:07PM (#4523391)

I think anecdotal evidence is good to a point.. we can only know so much before starting to make larger generalizations.

In all this, there is some sense that we (as Canadians) are fundamentally different than our American friends. I do agree (it's just a feeling) that these perceived differences are holding us back in many ways.

Could this be culture? Could this be our more left-leaning ideologies? Could there be some small thinking involved?

As a Canadian who was invited to partake in the American workforce more than once but decided on staying here - I believe Canada has more to offer than America.

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