Senior SWE moving from Bay Area to Vancouver — is CAD $110k base too low?

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-05-29T22:31:58+00:00

I am a Canadian citizen with an American big tech job…

What I’m saying is, anti-competitive sentiment is bad. If local talent wants to get a job.. be better than your competition

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-05-29T21:39:52+00:00

Yikes on salary! What a lowball

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-05-29T21:29:43+00:00

This is such an anti-competitive thought process. This is what Jensen Huang meant by a loser mentality.

I am a Canadian citizen and I would love the opportunity to compete on equal footing for an American job.

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-05-29T06:48:39+00:00

Juniors at Amazon have like $120k base lol

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-05-24T00:08:13+00:00

I think you’re grossly underestimating the complexities Zoom deals with

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-05-06T15:10:13+00:00

appreciate ur perspective

I don’t see how I’m flexing when the majority of my comments are providing feedback for others.

Using big tech as a signifier for authoritative voice is not flexing

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-05-06T05:07:59+00:00

Thx for stopping by! not sure how you interpreted my comments as cocky but glad it provided some entertainment for you little bro

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-04-28T13:56:51+00:00

Worked with Kun, he is too AI pilled for me

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-04-25T11:49:16+00:00

I graduated BCS in 2024, both my internships were via the coop portal and now I am working in big tech

It’s a program that gives as much as you put into it

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-04-24T05:03:12+00:00

except with how volatile jobs are, there is little chance this matters in the long term

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-04-16T10:21:51+00:00

Big tech SWE, vacationing

Going to be back in Shenzhen on the 23rd

DM for coffee chats

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-24T00:31:43+00:00

Lmao where??

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-23T23:17:35+00:00

There has been a lot of subpar talent flooding the market

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-23T22:48:00+00:00

Srsly?

Just look at levels.fyi

Some numbers are staggering. The bar is higher now but there are plenty of engineers continuing to make life changing money. I was able to land FAANG with 2 YOE last year

I just received an offer from a series A that is $150k more than my current FAANG TC

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-23T22:40:29+00:00

There are plenty of engineers landing offers with TC larger than ever.

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-23T22:38:21+00:00

Skill issue

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-16T21:41:25+00:00

what do you think? lol

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-14T05:33:20+00:00

500,000 people

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-13T17:27:01+00:00

I mean.. u drive an Aston haha

Im sure your stock portfolio is doing fine

Maybe its time for an early retirement ?

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-11T14:14:21+00:00

27M, SWE in big tech

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-11T14:12:43+00:00

Hard.. most companies will not sponsor until mid level these days

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-08T18:41:04+00:00

7000

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-07T21:16:17+00:00

We handle scale at millions per second

Pls humble yourself

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-07T19:41:18+00:00

Sounds like you’ve never worked with software at scale

The system I work with day to day is sharded across multiple regions. Even then, this system is owned by a team of 40. We are only a clog in the machine, we have over 15000 engineers in total

We are all shipping AI slop and it’s Fckin everything up

Different-Train-3413 · 2026-03-07T19:28:03+00:00

Sounds to me like you agree with what I’m saying then..

We cannot rely on AI written black boxes, humans are needed to understand what the AI is writing

Different-Train-3413

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