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It's still substantially lower. I know some talented devs who got offers from Amazon within the past couple years, and Amazon's internal HR rules placed a strict comp ceiling on their offer that could be doubled if they'd agree to work from Seattle rather than Vancouver. Same developer, same role, and a very short distance to move. So they moved.

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And yet... the Vancouver and Toronto offices are still pretty big- thousands of devs. And not just for visa reasons.

Canadians want to be in Canada. That's why I moved back from Seattle, knowing it would affect my comp badly.