How do we retain talent in KW?

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Wait, 70% leave the COUNTRY??

That seems about right. A new grad software dev in Canada makes $60-70k CAD at a lot of local companies, while in the US it's easily $120k USD + stock/bonus that makes it more like $150-160k USD.

Housing costs more in SF, but it doesn't cost anywhere close to that much more. Any rational person would do it.

There's some local companies, like Shopify, that pay competitively with the US. And of course working for Google in KW pays a lot more than the local companies. But for the vast majority, it's just so much of a better career move to go to SF or NYC.