Something feels deeply wrong about comparing your tech income to a teacher’s. Especially outside the context of an argument like “teachers should be paid more.”
I did not mean to make a moral judgement. I was too flippant. It is a weird comparison. You compare a salary in an industry where people are known to be paid well to one where people are known to be paid poorly. Of course you make more money regardless of USA or Canada.
My point was that someone I've known for my entire life, I earn more than them through my bonus than they make working an entire year. This is a personal connection. The amount of money I make in Silicon Valley is enormous compared to people I know very well. It should be the same way in Canada and maybe having a solid layer of well-off tech workers will raise everyone's salaries. Experienced teachers in private schools in Silicon Valley make well over $100k, unlike my friend in Toronto so there is something to be said about the trickle down effect (even though I mostly don't believe it).