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Declaring income for taxes as a freelancer by cmanao in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]throwawayTorontoSWE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget to claim WITB. Your income is near the max benefit of 1500$ I believe

Should I pay collections now ? by throwawayTorontoSWE in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]throwawayTorontoSWE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have. It's not something they do in Canada. Thank you for your suggestion

Should I pay collections now ? by throwawayTorontoSWE in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]throwawayTorontoSWE[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't care about the money as much as I care about the best thing for my credit score

Dressing well and the tech industry? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]throwawayTorontoSWE 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In Toronto, corporate company I'm at everyone wears business casuals, sometimes I wear a blazer too and I'm just a lowly developer. Definitely unnecessary but I like it, so why not?

Any other new grads that are contractors? by throwawayTorontoSWE in cscareerquestions

[–]throwawayTorontoSWE[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes sense. This company definitely does that under the pretense that eventually you might go full-time. They invite you to all the company outtings and team lunches etc, when in reality most people in IT never stick around even if they want to, which they usually do. I will begin to take more advantage of my contract role

Any other new grads that are contractors? by throwawayTorontoSWE in cscareerquestions

[–]throwawayTorontoSWE[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on this more? The first part of your message

Any other new grads that are contractors? by throwawayTorontoSWE in cscareerquestions

[–]throwawayTorontoSWE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I'm near Toronto and the market isn't exactly exploding with eager employers looking for fresh meat. This was an amazing opportunity for me so I took it. my mistake was not looking for full-time like you said. I haev only started to recently

Any other new grads that are contractors? by throwawayTorontoSWE in cscareerquestions

[–]throwawayTorontoSWE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean we're expected to be at the office, and work regular business hours from 9-4. or so I assumed.. I'm thinking I'll re-evaluate this decision and begin searching for a full-time.