I had to try and explain this to my girlfriend and her visiting sister last night. They're from Victoria and Vancouver and want us to move there.
I can barely afford to live in Toronto on my salary, never mind Vancouver and the cost of moving across the country. To my knowledge -- in spite of the higher cost of living -- Vancouver-based software professionals don't make any more than they do here.
That and most people here still equate software = computers = IT department = "Can you fix my laptop?"/"Why doesn't the projector work?"
I can barely afford to live in Toronto on my salary, never mind Vancouver and the cost of moving across the country. To my knowledge -- in spite of the higher cost of living -- Vancouver-based software professionals don't make any more than they do here.
That and most people here still equate software = computers = IT department = "Can you fix my laptop?"/"Why doesn't the projector work?"