[faluzure]

As a Canadian tech worker, fuck this. I get paid 'market rate' which is substantially less than my American peers.

[silisili]

Sounds like 'market rate' is about to get lowered even more...

[faluzure]

Just like our GDP per capita.

[benhurmarcel]

Compare to basically any other country apart from the US, and you’re not being paid that badly. The US is the outlier, not Canada.

[josefresco]

Please explain more about how your compensation works in CA - I'm genuinely curious as a tech worker interested in relocating from the US.

[cardy31]

Canadians simply make less. At a large, well-known company my partner works for they can trade one US req for two Canadian reqs.

TBH I don’t know why some places even bother hiring American devs. Canucks are half-priced and I can’t tell the difference working with a mix of US and Canadian employees.

[slashdev]

Ever considered working remote for a U.S. company? You don’t have to move to take advantage of the better job market in the U.S.

[red-iron-pine]

I've done that more or less since 2015. it's not easy, and I was lucky to have a large group of generally well-connected coworkers and peers from jobs I worked in the US.

Generally not possible for the average Canadian unless they've got 80% percentile tech skills, and/or did some time working in the US.

Not sure why it isn't more common, even if salaries stay roughly equal (after conversion to CAD), there is tremendous savings to be had just in health insurance costs alone.

[faluzure]

I do work for an American company but with Canadian branches. I doubled my salary over Canadian tech companies but still only make 50-60% what my American peers make.