There is a huge talent shortage in the bay area. If you are decent at problem solving, algorithms and coding you almost need a baseball bat to keep the recruiters away. The ads don't say "programmers wanted". They say "Come work for us! We have an unlimited vacation policy, all meals provided, on-site gym, a collaborative culture, and give meaningful equity".
This article is useless. Has anyone doing the study looked at the actual demographics of Waterloo students? A large proportion of their student base consists of a combination of:
1) Foreign students
2) People born in Canada (for the citizenship) who grew up in Hong Kong, only to come back to Canada for high school (thus appear as local students in University)
3) People from China and Hong Kong who moved to Canada for high school, and obtaining citizenship in the process (thus attaining local student status in University)
Anybody from Toronto would be very familiar with groups 2 and 3. It should also be noted that groups 2 and 3 tend to socialize with others from the same group; this is never in English.
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There is a huge talent shortage in the bay area. If you are decent at problem solving, algorithms and coding you almost need a baseball bat to keep the recruiters away. The ads don't say "programmers wanted". They say "Come work for us! We have an unlimited vacation policy, all meals provided, on-site gym, a collaborative culture, and give meaningful equity".
After taxes, medicare, social, etc, $125k is $80k take-home. What do you spend $6600/month on?
This article is useless. Has anyone doing the study looked at the actual demographics of Waterloo students? A large proportion of their student base consists of a combination of: 1) Foreign students 2) People born in Canada (for the citizenship) who grew up in Hong Kong, only to come back to Canada for high school (thus appear as local students in University) 3) People from China and Hong Kong who moved to Canada for high school, and obtaining citizenship in the process (thus attaining local student status in University) Anybody from Toronto would be very familiar with groups 2 and 3. It should also be noted that groups 2 and 3 tend to socialize with others from the same group; this is never in English.