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Which is adding to the number of Canadian software engineers who want to come to the US and make what their co-workers make, or have the job mobility than Americans have with far more tech companies to choose from. Root cause is far too few Canadian technology startups and very few that grow into anything meaningful.
and yet Canadian cities have among the largest employment numbers in the tech field in North America. with Canadian and International firms still hiring at record numbers in Canada. With the tech job loses in the US don't be surprise when Toronto is number 1 on the continent.
So you are saying that Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver showing among the strongest growth in IT jobs over the last few years with some of the largest total IT population on the continent is because they have low demand?????? why are all these jobs being created then if there is no demand.
PS Microsoft, Amazon, Google, etc.... are some of the biggest IT employers in these Canadian cities, with new office towers and campuses. If anything growth in the Canadian IT sector is being driven by American companies realizing they can get equal of higher quality productions from Canada with much less labour cost.
These Canadians offices are still very small compared to the US ones, though... I suspect that Canada is more expensive to operate in, so even though there is theoretically cheaper talent the companies don't actually see much if any savings. That said, big tech firms make a ton of money per engineer and will open an office anywhere that has a talent pool. It's also a fact that Canada is much easier to get foreign talent into than the US.
These Canadians offices are still very small compared to the US ones, though... I suspect that Canada is more expensive to operate in, so even though there is theoretically cheaper talent the companies don't actually see much if any savings. That said, big tech firms make a ton of money per engineer and will open an office anywhere that has a talent pool. It's also a fact that Canada is much easier to get foreign talent into than the US.
And yet Toronto continues to rapid grow it's tech sector to now being the 3rd largest on the continent.
This is a very simplistic way of view. When you count free access to healthcare and quality education, Canadian cities come ahead.
Your salary goes further when you don't have to worry about spending thousands of dollars in a surgery or a good or at least decent school for your kids.
There is a reason Canadian cities always rank better than American ones in all livability rankings despite their "lower" wages.
This just isn't true. Most tech companies in the US provide good health insurance and some even cover the premium. While you may be out a few grand until you've reached your deductible if you're having health problems that doesn't close the wage gap. The most competitively paying cities in the US for tech jobs have wages that are 30-40% higher than the best of what Canada offers, it's not even close.
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