[bettercallsalad]

Oh so now the millions in Canada all they need to do is to work in big tech. I see. Problem solved. Thanks for enlightening me. I am so glad I left that messed up country filled with “we made it our own and you can too” people.

Just to give you context, median software Engineer salary in Canada is 95200. An average townhome in any of the cities now is over 600k easily, forget about Toronto and Vancouver where most likely those tech jobs are. Mortgage for a place like this in the current rate is easily around 2500-3000. Add in car, insurance, electricity, cost of daycare. And then see how much of after tax income can you afford to bring home.

[gnz11]

The situation in the US is not any different. I would even say much more of life in the US is "pay to play" than in Canada.

[seabrookmx]

Enlightening you? Apologies for staying on topic!

The comment you replied to said this:

> Coziness is the biggest hurdle. As a programmer, I can make a really good salary at a tech giant.

I'm in no way implying that requiring a big tech salary is a _good_ thing (obviously it's not).. I'm simply agreeing with the original statement that it stifles startups.