Often, businesses don't realize how much they are missing until they bite the bullet and hire SV caliber engineers.
Seems every time I'm pitched something about "finding unconventional IT talent" it's about hiring cheaper programmers. There's a whole industry built around paying less for programmers. With questionable results. Hell, Canadian politicians pitched Vancouver as an ideal HQ2 location to Amazon since tech workers are worth ~50K less than in America[0]
Shopify's salaries are pretty competitive. They aren't "Bay Area" levels, but you can also live wherever you want, so your after-housing take home pay works out better.
Amazon Toronto doesn't pay much better than Shopify- I can say first hand.
> but you can also live wherever you want, so your after-housing take home pay works out better.
"After-housing" doesn't really mean anything: buying a house means you build equity into the house which you can later sell (and pocket the appreciation).
dghlsakjg|3 years ago
Anecdotally, I know a senior dev who moved back to Canada from SF to work for Shopify.
throwawaylinux|3 years ago
908B64B197|3 years ago
They most likely didn't.
Often, businesses don't realize how much they are missing until they bite the bullet and hire SV caliber engineers.
Seems every time I'm pitched something about "finding unconventional IT talent" it's about hiring cheaper programmers. There's a whole industry built around paying less for programmers. With questionable results. Hell, Canadian politicians pitched Vancouver as an ideal HQ2 location to Amazon since tech workers are worth ~50K less than in America[0]
[0] https://www.vancouvereconomic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02...
mabbo|3 years ago
Amazon Toronto doesn't pay much better than Shopify- I can say first hand.
908B64B197|3 years ago
"After-housing" doesn't really mean anything: buying a house means you build equity into the house which you can later sell (and pocket the appreciation).