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[tomh009]

There's companies in KW (both Canadian and American) offering $100k/year CAD to new grads (generally plus substantial stock compensation, about $25k/year USD), and they're the companies that are able to actually compete with bay area earnings after cost of living.

As an employer, I will say that the reality is that some new grads are worth $100K, but most don't merit that level of compensation -- at least not in southwestern Ontario.  At $the 100K level there are many other people available, too, sometimes with much more experience.  As an employer, I won't say "we must get three new Waterloo grads", but, rather, we would look for the three best people we can find for our open positions, within our budget.

And as an employee ... there is more to life than just a high salary.  At least for me.