[raverbashing]

> Kathan told BetaKit that the “incredible difficulty” of acquiring senior-level talent in Toronto

No, it isn't

But they're probably looking for "the perfect candidate" and the one that thinks and does things exactly as they expect

They won't find it in SF as well

[mhurron]

> They won't find it in SF as well

The person they want already exists in SF, because their perfect candidate hits the bullet point 'exists in San Francisco or Silicon Valley.'

As long as everyone continues to believe California is some sort of special, magical place, this will happen. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Everyone goes to California to work at the 'best' places, the 'best' places go to California to get the 'best' people.

It's amazing how many of these 'best' places are run by micromanagers who can not deal with remote workers. So to work at the 'best' places, the 'best' people all have to cram into one physical place to make web apps.

[hga]

As long as everyone continues to believe California is some sort of special, magical place

It is when it comes to the enforcement of non-competes. True for the US in general, and a few minutes with Google makes it look like they're not well favored by Canadian courts, which prefer non-solicitation provisions, but non-competes still can be enforceable, and I can speak from harsh experience outside of California that they have a chilling effect without you ever stepping into a courtroom. Killed two neat pieces of/concepts of technology as well.

Non-solicitation can also get nasty, when it includes your former co-workers, and I've gotten the impression that they're also not very enforceable in California, I recall a court case where a salesman was able to take a customer list, which is considered to be a gold standard of enforceability in e.g. Virginia.

Massachusetts has finally started to realize this is crippling them, but the last time I checked wasn't able to muster the political will to make the change. Other locations that say they want to be the next Silicon Valley ... nope, they're not willing to give this up at all.

[prodigal_erik]

California isn't magical, but it's the only place where you aren't left with a dead sea effect of candidates who weren't willing or able to move away to a better labor market.