The difference might be even more extreme than that. I still am in school (University of Waterloo) and am going to an internship which pays ~110k USD, whereas in Canada I could maybe hope for less than half of that. All my peers aim to go to the valley just because of this HUGE pay gap.
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Granted every time I've worked in the valley, housing has been exorbitant, but still makes it worth my while. The most I've seen people pay in SF has been ~2k if you don't want to share a room.
Edited: Granted every time I've worked in the valley, housing has been exorbitant, but still makes it worth my while. The most I've seen people pay in SF has been ~2k if you don't want to share a room.