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by potatolicious
5100 days ago
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> "The pay in Silicon Valley was maybe 25-50% higher than Toronto/Montreal/Waterloo and the weather didn't suck." I live in SF currently, and recently accepted another job in NYC. Apples to apples, the pay in SF/SV is easily 100% higher than Toronto right now. The gap is even higher in NYC (150%+), though of course, cost of living is going to eat up most of that. With the bubble heating up even more right now, I know people who are picking up comp packages 200%+ higher than the going rate in Canada. There is simply no reason to go back - critical mass of talented, dedicated people. Interesting work. Ludicrous sums of money. |
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For a while, I had trouble working because of health issues so I decided to work part-time while getting medicated and going through physio.
Much harder to do that in the U.S. without a sort of group insurance. The cost of subscribing to an individual plan with my condition would probably be through the roof.
However, because of socialized medicine in Canada, I had far less financial pressure on myself as my medicine and visits were obviously covered.