It's not that far off. $120K is somewhere near normal at Google and a decent startup. Not including exchange rate, but most of the exchange is eaten up in cost of living.
Exchange can be normalized for most us/ca comparisions, i.e. 100K in Canada is only 70K US but most prices are normalized for that.
The Bay Area is mind-boggling expensive though - and you'd all be naive to not consider that.
My flat in Montreal would be $5500 a month, USD anywhere in SF. It's amazing. And cheap.
Also consider that startups in the US have to cover healthcare, which is very expensive. That said, if you have healthcare in the US, it's better than in Canada. Again, it doesn't really matter for normal people under the age of 30.
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It's not that far off. $120K is somewhere near normal at Google and a decent startup. Not including exchange rate, but most of the exchange is eaten up in cost of living.
Exchange can be normalized for most us/ca comparisions, i.e. 100K in Canada is only 70K US but most prices are normalized for that.
The Bay Area is mind-boggling expensive though - and you'd all be naive to not consider that.
My flat in Montreal would be $5500 a month, USD anywhere in SF. It's amazing. And cheap.
Also consider that startups in the US have to cover healthcare, which is very expensive. That said, if you have healthcare in the US, it's better than in Canada. Again, it doesn't really matter for normal people under the age of 30.