Ask HN: How is the tech scene in Canada?
I guess I am specifically wondering about Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal.
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I live in Vancouver. There are quite a few startups in the Gastown area, and a few small offices for large companies like Microsoft, SAP (not that small), and Amazon, and recently, Facebook and Twitter (to come?).
In terms of the work, I've been seeing a lot of Java, and C#/.NET work in Vancouver. Which for me as someone whose experience has been full-stack web development (LAMP/WAMP, PHP, SQL/no-sql DBs, HTML/CSS, JS frameworks), it's quite hard to find a suitable positions.
Also a few Ruby positions opening up lately, but very few.
All I know about Toronto is Google has an office there while they don't in Vancouver. It'd be best if a local Toronto or Montreal dev could provide some insight.
In terms of the work, I've been seeing a lot of Java, and C#/.NET work in Vancouver. Which for me as someone whose experience has been full-stack web development (LAMP/WAMP, PHP, SQL/no-sql DBs, HTML/CSS, JS frameworks), it's quite hard to find a suitable positions.
Also a few Ruby positions opening up lately, but very few.
All I know about Toronto is Google has an office there while they don't in Vancouver. It'd be best if a local Toronto or Montreal dev could provide some insight.