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by CupOfJava 3148 days ago
> We have no atmosphere of innovation because our salaries are garbage compared to the US. This is the problem, every single time. Most of my Canadian graduate friends work for US companies, some remotely. We literally do not have economic reasons to stay here. No amount of lip service will ever transform 100k into 300k.

You can make 3x there? Why are you still here then? Instead of making up numbers, here's a more balanced opinion on salary differences between Waterloo and Silicon Valley: https://medium.com/@srlake/debunking-the-myth-of-higher-pay-...
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ng12 3148 days ago
That piece is absurdly biased. There's no comparing living in San Francisco to Waterloo. The COL difference isn't just disappearing -- you're paying to live in lively metropolitan city.

Also I think it's funny when people position "number of startups" as an important factor. Just because your city has 30 five-man startups crammed into a coworking incubator doesn't mean I want to work for any of them.

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rublev 3148 days ago
I work remotely and I can't leave my friends and family over money. Money is just money, if I can max out what I make in my radius, cool, but I won't be moving to chase it.

I'm not making up numbers, just speaking from personal experience.

That article is extremely dumb. The title does not match the slogan. Is it salary or quality of life? You make way more in SF than Toronto, but your QOL might suffer because of exorbitant rental rates. That's not new information.

>To prove this, we are going to look at the money you can put in your bank account at the end of the year after paying taxes and living expenses.

We're obviously talking gross not net because net is subjective.

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