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>I prefer a theoretically lower pay for a way better lifestyle

You are insane. Are you even being honest with yourself here? Why would you put up with less pay and higher cost of living? What better lifestyle is there to speak of that bigger cities south of the border doesn't provide you? The mountains and ocean? They got that over there too.

The only reason I think you might be saying this is the same thing people without any other choices say, that it is the best choice. This is textbook cognitive dissonance.

edit: well looks like you are a recruiter which explains a lot why you might be pushing this crazy idea. I've ever heard of Zymeworks Inc. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7337161.

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Right, I forgot you have done a detailed study of every startup in existence! The fact that you haven't heard about us is totally irrelevant to my comment, I never claimed to work for a big famous company. In fact you proved my point even more: that a small, never heard of company (to people like you in a different field than mine) is paying their senior developers enough that I have no problem with it, even compared to larger companies.

And I can confidently say I am being honest with myself because I am actually doing exactly what I said. Live in Van, had options for 30% more pay in the US (at least) (Seattle and San Fran), took me less than 20 seconds to say no thanks.

Hahah you haven't really been to either silicon valley or vancouver have you?

have you heard of the edit button? try summarizing your incoherent thoughts in a neat single comment instead of three so I don't have to reply to them all.

yes I have been to both. yes I still think you are crazy. yes I've never heard of your company called Zymeworks Inc. which explains why it pays less (as you already mentioned it is even lower than what other senior positions in vancouver pays since it's a small company), yes it is significantly lower than US and by 60% if you factor in exchange rate. Your arrogant attitude doesn't help at all. You seem convinced that SV engineers can do more with less money. I don't think even skilled engineers would work for that kind of salary here in Vancouver but you might not be after quality but high turnover. Would anyone reading what you wrote and how you are behaving really convince people here and elsewhere to work for your company where they insist that people need to take less pay so they can have a better lifestyle? You don't need to do a study on every startup in existence because it'd be a waste of time especially since you've already mentioned you are amongst the bottom barrell in terms of pay compared to SV and local, might be a good company who knows but I've hard time believing you don't have any issues with bringing someone from SV to Vancouver that offers 60% less pay and same or more cost of living compared to SV. You really don't know what you are talking about.

Your arrogant attitude doesn't help at all.

"Physician, heal thyself"

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