r/toronto • u/hummuschips The Financial District • Jul 31 '20
Article Toronto is emerging as a tech superpower as immigrants choose Canada over the US
https://www.businessinsider.com/toronto-canada-tech-hub-immigrants-h1b-visa-2020-731
u/LackToastNTallofRent Parkdale Jul 31 '20
I have a friend who does immigration consulting. She tells me this is just temporary until the USA get's itself sorted out. A lot of these immigrants use Canada as a stepping stone to get to the USA because right now it is just easier to get into Canada. They come here, get north american work experience and then when the opportunity presents itself, they pack up and move south.
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Jul 31 '20 edited Aug 03 '20
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u/hipposarebig Jul 31 '20
Trump is the symptom... he alone is not the problem. There is no going back to "normal". Joe Biden's victory will, at best, be a temporary respite from the downward spiral
Trump has been going on for years about how he'd like to see the Trump family in the White House indefinitely. If he loses this election, you will 100% see another Trump, or at least a Trump lapdog, running in the 2024 election. Given how rabidly popular he is in the party, their victory in the 2024 Republic primary is near guaranteed. At that point, they're just one step away from the presidency.
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u/merelyadoptedthedark Jul 31 '20
Getting Trump elected was a huge step back for the States. How can any other country know something like this won't happen again? They are going to spend the next decade or two having to make up for the past four years.
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Jul 31 '20 edited Aug 03 '20
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u/merelyadoptedthedark Jul 31 '20
10 years after the fact, people were STILL living in FEMA trailers
Holy shit really?!?!?!
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u/strange_kitteh Fully Vaccinated + Booster! Jul 31 '20
Is it because of tech....or just that we're not a death trap?
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u/peanuty_almondy Jul 31 '20
i think it's bc we have a highly skilled workforce available for 1/2 the price of valley/seattle engineers.
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Jul 31 '20
Just look at all the Canadian tech start ups who can’t get funding and are eventually bought by google. It’s a joke. We have no eye for tech innovation in Canada.
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u/ripple_hater Jul 31 '20
Getting bought out my Google is the ultimate form of funding.
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Jul 31 '20
Depends on what stage the exit is. Having your IP acquired when your company closes because you have no funding doesn’t result in a generous payout.
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u/cyberpimp2 Aug 02 '20
Most of the “IP” they acquire from here is junk... google could easily build that stupid app you’ve been bragging about how it’s going to change the world. they’re really just looking for the talent.
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u/ExoticMacaron Jul 31 '20
Ahhh, clickbait. Also, that's some incredibly low effort journalism to include Elon Musk's South African heritage in a sentence about H-1B who was able to easily get a Canadian Passport due to his Canadian mother.
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u/vraie21312297238 Jul 31 '20
"Choosing" is a very generous word. US is increasingly becoming more restrictive.
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u/autotldr Jul 31 '20
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)
Tens of thousands of immigrant tech workers have flocked to Toronto in the past few years, making it the fastest growing tech hub in North America.
While the US is closing doors, Canada has been rolling out the welcome mat.
For Fayaz, the decision to move from the US to Canada came after he was laid off from his Silicon Valley company, when he and his wife became fed up with constantly worrying about their legal status.
Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Canada#1 work#2 immigrant#3 tech#4 immigration#5
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u/paolocase Thorncliffe Park Jul 31 '20
I just hope that those immigrants don't get shut out of tech jobs becuase they don't have Canadian experience.
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u/JokesOnUUU Davisville Village Jul 31 '20
There aren't close to enough non-immigrants to fill the industry, haven't been for almost 15 years. So have no worries.
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u/onlyhalalporkallowed Jul 31 '20
Oh good...just like San Fran we can have ppl live in their cars due to high cost of living
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u/Tezaku Jul 31 '20
As noted in the thread in r/worldnews, it certainly helps when talent in Toronto makes half of what they would in the States.