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Canada
- Canada tech scene Ever since the pandemic started, there's a clear trend of US tech companies hiring rapidly in Canada for remote roles/ in person tech roles. This has resulted in rapid increase in salaries within the Canadian tech market. Although the new salaries still don't match the US, they are still amongst th
- vote India vs canada For tech people, is india becoming a better deal than canada If you had to leave the US, would you pick canada or India #tech #canada #indiasalary
- Looking for a Google referral (Canada) Anyone here willing to give a referral to Google Canada? I already applied a couple of weeks ago and haven't heard back. TC: 200K (CAD) YOE: 14 #tech #google #referral #canada
- USA vs. Canada #h1b #workvisa #canada #usa I am an Indian citizen, currently work in USA on H1B and I am thinking of moving to Canada. I am 26 and work as a Data Scientist. Pros of Canada: - I can get citizenship after staying there for 3-4 years. - After citizenship, Canadian passport is powerful enough for me t
- USA Green Card vs Canada PR Hi all, I (31M) am privileged enough to have both US Green Card and the Canadian PR, but it is impossible to keep both. It is time to decide for me and my wife (both software engineers at Amazon: SDE III / SDE I) to choose one of the two. We prioritize bringing our parents to live with us and have
- vote Rate Amazon Canada Offer Base in Toronto L5 Base: 160K Sign on first year: 69200 Sign on second year: 59300 Stocks: 47 (5% 15% 40% 40%) YOE: 2 Good offer or not? Possible to bump it or not? #swe #canada #Amazon
- vote I have 6 concurrent offers (Montréal, Canada) Location: Montréal, Canada. All numbers are in CAD. I'm posting this in hope that my Canadian friends can leverage this info to finally get us to move closer to USA salaries, rather than being seen as cheap labor. Companies: Amazon, Meta, Coinbase, Lyft, Microsoft, Virtu Financial. This is only t
- [Canada] Snowflake offer Interviewed for IC4, panel didn’t approve me for that level. Keep in mind this is Canada, so the salaries here are stupid low when compared to Bay Area or US HCOL TCs Completed some interviews. Meta, Twilio and a few others are yet to be scheduled for on-site. So far I have offers from Wayfair and
- Canada AVR (no H1B) Hi folks I am currently on h1b. Has anyone tried to go to canada and return without visa stamp? #canada #h1b #h1bcasestatus #visa #travel
- link Those going to Canada… Before you go you should check how much houses in Vancouver and Toronto cost and how quickly they rising… For the slightly cheaper cities like Ottawa you should investigate if you can stomach a -25F weather as a common norm during winter and 80-90F in summer. You should also understand that “cheaper
- Canada TC 2.0 A long time ago, when Canada is an unknown place to US, their compensation pay 🥜 due to lacking demand. Since 2020, for "some" reasons, all US companies start moving up to Canada and aggressively hiring people in American style (American TC, American perk, American work life balance, etc), as if Ca
- vote Move to Canada? I am another Indian on H-1B who is trying to sort the visa stuff out. I got a job offer of ~$300K CAD and I was pretty happy. The company is willing to do a work permit for me and eventually apply for PR. But then I searched blind and it is just filled with shit about Canada. Reasons to move: - C
- vote Canada sucks for real My tenure at Amazon is around 2 years but I am making 155k TC while people on blind are making double my TC. And we pay higher taxes. FML
- vote Canada vs India Just got the notification that I haven't been selected in this year H1-B lottery, this was my last chance and my STEM OPT expires Feb 2023. My manager suggested moving to India (or EU, less chances for latter) and coming back on L1 (or maybe next year lottery). I'm torn between India and Canada for
- vote Canada is a bad deal Unpopular opinion but change my mind. High taxes, extreme weather, lower pay, unaffordable housing. All for free healthcare. Sounds like a bad deal to me Edit - This is in comparison to 🇺🇸 #tech #housing #canada
- vote Canada Salaries picking up? YOE: 5 Role: Infrastructure SRE/DevOps TC: 135USD/170CAD 🥜 Looks like there isn’t much talk about this around Canada but I feel like a lot of people fear discussing this or don’t. Recently started interviewing with mostly American companies and the TC ranges have been 190-260 CAD or 150-210 USD fu
- Amazon vs Yelp vs Instacart (Canada) I'm going to preface this by saying I only have one confirmed offer, but I'd like to ask for insight in the event I get the luxury to choose between companies. My priorities for next position (in order): 1. Interesting work (backend) 2. Good WLB / Good work culture 3. TC Context: I'm coming out of
- link Canada bans foreign home buyers https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/04/08/canada-bans-foreign-home-buyers-two-years-cool-housing-market/9516448002/
- link What's SDE I Band for Amazon Canada? Currently going through on-sites for Amazon. Does anyone know SDE I comp bands for Amazon Canada? Looking through levels.fyi I see ranges from 140k all the way to 220k. # amazon
- Warning ⚠️ to people moving to Canada. Read my story and decide on your own: I moved to Canada few years ago thinking that I would be making some good amount of money here. With housing prices running so high here in Vancouver (now 2 bhk in a good area is costing around 800k), I do not know what to do. I am 24 months away from getting t
- Autodesk Canada Referral Hello! Came across a Program Manager role in Canada. Looking for a referral. TC: 120k #autodesk #referral
- Why tech people in Canada paying taxes upto 45% I keep wondering how come people in Canada are paying 45% in taxes. I have a friend who is making 120k as a base and he is paying 32% taxes in Ontario. Some of my other friends claim to pay 45% in taxes however, I am pretty sure their salary is about 100k or less. #canada #taxes #techjobs
- Amazon canada hiring from India From last 3 months I am seeing many people got interview calls and offers from amazon canada. Can you kindly share how did you get interview calls from Amazon canada directly being in India? What kind of visa do they offer and how much does it take to get visa? #amazon #amazoncanada
- Best companies to immigrate to Canada / USA Hi, Been thinking on moving to Canada or the USA from México. I've been sending some applications to Amazon, Meta, Google and internal positions. Should I target other companies as well? YOE: 4 #microsoft #meta #amazon #google
- Canada citizenship wait times increased Since there are a lot of posts concerning Canada, and Canada immigration, thought I’d provide an update. Maybe it’s time for blind to start their own Canada immigration sub channel. The wait times for applying for citizenship has increased from 12 months to 27 months now. Almost a 3x increase. Whil
- Canada TC's I'm seeing all these TC's from companies based in the US and I'm wondering what Canadians who are working for these companies are getting, and Canadian devs in general. TC: 80k
- Backend referrals in Canada Interviewing full-time after quitting my old job last month due to burnout. Looking for backend engineer referrals to remote roles in Canada/hybrid roles in the Waterloo area. Have one offer at a pre IPO startup with less than my current base and interviewing with some others but looking to maximize
- Canada tax is expensive Even with better compensation in US tech companies, it still feel less compare to murica. I start regretting for going north... Anyone here with the same though? #tax TC: Canada TC 2.0
- E5 offer Canada 190k / 550k / 30k Offer is remote, no competing offers. Just adding a data point, I'm pretty happy with it
- vote India vs Canada Feeling stressed about parents in long term. I am planning to pull the plug soon (maybe by end of this year). Possible options are Canada or India. I am sure a lot of people have thought about this throughly before making the move or end up deciding not leaving at all. Can experienced people please
- Canadians making the big $ in Canada, returning to Canada worth it? Do you contract yourself to US companies to make USD or do you target remote jobs in US companies for full time work based out of Canada? How is TC back in Canada now? I’m in the US on TN and thinking that perhaps returning to BC ain’t a bad idea once I have children. Canada has a much better envir
- Canada vs India Hi all I know this has been discussed many times on this forum but I wanted to hear the real cons of Canada. In terms of living standards, is it equivalent to the US? Would a TC of 300k CAD be good enough to help me save about 70k CAD every year with two kids? Is the weather too horrible? How good
- Canada Compensation Nonsense — is this extremely unfair? This is a US company (that’s publicly traded). I’m interviewing for L3 or L4 (the level is going to be based on my interview performance). Nearly all devs are US-based, my future team is almost entirely based in the San Francisco Bay Area, so I'd be one rare developer working remotely from the Gre
- vote Amazon SDE 2 canada offer evaluation SDE 2 Yoe 10 Tc 230 This is before any negotiation. How much up I can go for L5? Have another offer but with lower compensation.
- vote Amazon Canada Is it worth considering a SDE2 position at Amazon Canada ? Got an opportunity to interview for Canada location. Currently at Microsoft India. So far so good in my current team. PS: It seems there is a cooldown of 2 years if you fail a direct onsite round for another country. Yoe: 5 TC: 33L
- link [India] Facebook is hiring for Canada ! Looks like Facebook / Meta has started supporting full relocation to Canada ! An excellent alternative to London now. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaelawareham_softwaredeveloper-canada-meta-activity-6909420615749767168-4Nq2?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=android_app TC - 50 L Yoe - 4 #
- Learning French in Canada Anyone working in Canada learning French now? Where are you based and how often do you practice it? #tech #Quebec #Montreal #Gatineau
- Meta Canada annual refresher I read the annual stock refresher for E4 at meta is 75k USD. Is that true for Canadian employees as well? I got a job offer for a remote position, so trying to calculate what my TC would be. Also, any other perks besides RRSP matching? Thanks
- Good companies to relocate to Canada from US Looking for companies that relocate people to Canada (Toronto/Vancouver) after working for about a year in USA (Washington). I know that Facebook has offices there. Also Google but not in Toronto. And apart from Amazon. Remote options are welcome. Thanks! #tech #canada #remote
- Comprehensive Canada guide So many questions about Canada ,job prospects and stuff. Thought I’d share a detailed and comprehensive guide to working in Canada 1. Salary range: — Canadian company: senior dev 100-130k CAD. Staff level would be 130-180k CAD — US company : senior dev 130-180k CAD Staff level : 180-250k CAD There
- Real Estate Agent Canada Hello, Planning on buying a house in Alberta Canada. How does one go about finding real estate agent in this area ? Any websites which can be helpful for this ? Googling gives some results… #housing TC: 250k
- Moving to Canada for good ! Done with uncertainty surrounding H1b and GC. Moving to Canada permanently for good next month. In the end I had to make the choice of high TC with constant uncertainty and immigration stress vs freedom of PR in Canada and I choose the latter. I cannot imagine living like this until you grow old wh
- Canada LMIA Anyone who moved to Canada on LMIA work permit? Please leave a comment or dm, have some questions! Thanks! #opt #h1b #workvisa
- EM referrals Canada Hey folks - new EM here. I have about two years of experience leading a team and I’m looking for a new gig. Tried applying to some companies hiring right now for remote roles but their offers have been insultingly low (looking at you Spotify) Would appreciate some referrals from places offering full
- Canada Referrals Please Hi Blind Community, New to Blind. I'm moving to Canada so I'm looking for referrals. FAANGMULA+, unicorns or any decent companies. Will bring in value regardless of the company. Can you guys please provide referrals for tech companies in Toronto, Ontario. Currently a Senior PM at Microsoft. Lookin
- vote USA vs Canada Hi all, I am a Hong Kong citizen and used up all my OPT authorization. I need your recommendation whether to stay at USA or relocate to Canada. << Canada >> I secure an open work visa there and am going through interviews. It's hard to get a job at Canada but once I got one, I can get perma
- Where to live in Vancouver Canada Hey, Will be joining Amazon Vancouver around August. Can someone suggest where to stay in Vancouver for Family of 4. Me , wife and 2kids. Criteria: 2-3 bed rooms Furnished apartment Max of 3-4K Max 1 hr to Amazon office Family oriented and easy to get school for 2year and 4year old. TC:300k CA
- Canada Tax Returns - employer reporting incorrectly Hello, My employer reported 2 T4 slips to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The total income on one slip matches the payslips. For another, there was no income issued to me nor corresponding T4 issued to me. I’ve been following up with HR and payroll team on this but receiving no response or resolut
- Google Canada Total Comp Total Compensation for Google Canada Business Program Manager with 7 YOE?
- vote Should I move to Canada? So weather and general Canada bashing aside. I am seriously considering moving to Canada because of GC wait times. I have an offer which is almost similar to my current offer (<7K diff) in number but in CAD. I know I would loose money in currency conversion and healthcare has long wait times but