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Why is giving Canada a try somehow a slight to the USA?

SDET

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What if for example ATB Financial is a better place to work than say, CapitalOne? Does that mean you're rejecting the whole USA? No, it would mean you're rejecting CapitalOne. If after working a five month and twenty-nine day consulting contract (so as to be exempt from Canadian income taxes), you find yourself with no money left over to put into savings, living in a dumpy place and finding it a disagreeable experience, then there's enough evidence to reject a place. For me the "sweet spot" for any place is to have both good earning potential and lack of congestion/crowding. Weather doesn't make a huge difference to me, except for not wanting frequent precipitation. I could just as easily spend a January in Whitehorse, YK or July in Phoenix, AZ.

There's new stories about people wanting to move to Canada if so-and-so is elected. That makes no sense. Economic collapses don't happen overnight, and sometimes the signs of a collapse are wrong. If you think your economy is going to collapse, it would be a good idea to have paperwork ready for two or three countries.
 
SDET said:
What if for example ATB Financial is a better place to work than say, CapitalOne? Does that mean you're rejecting the whole USA? No, it would mean you're rejecting CapitalOne. If after working a five month and twenty-nine day consulting contract (so as to be exempt from Canadian income taxes), you find yourself with no money left over to put into savings, living in a dumpy place and finding it a disagreeable experience, then there's enough evidence to reject a place. For me the "sweet spot" for any place is to have both good earning potential and lack of congestion/crowding. Weather doesn't make a huge difference to me, except for not wanting frequent precipitation. I could just as easily spend a January in Whitehorse, YK or July in Phoenix, AZ.

There's new stories about people wanting to move to Canada if so-and-so is elected. That makes no sense. Economic collapses don't happen overnight, and sometimes the signs of a collapse are wrong. If you think your economy is going to collapse, it would be a good idea to have paperwork ready for two or three countries.
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it kind of seems like you are going in both directions at once?

move there, and then saying it makes no sense then back to, get your paperwork ready. :(
 
I'm staying right here in Texas. We have everything we need to survive without the rest of the world.
 
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I'm not really following your thought process here.
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My thought process is keep your options open and be willing to try new things. It also means, if you're going to try new things, do it in a well-planned manner.

WCH said:
I'm staying right here in Texas. We have everything we need to survive without the rest of the world.
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I'm rather disappointed with the corporate culture in D/FW. People tell me Austin is better. There's a corporate short-term mindset that cheaper technical people helps the bottom line. It doesn't seem to matter if those resources generate work full of mistakes. Some recruiters are telling me that Information Technology wages are dropping in D/FW and offshoring is the trend.
 
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