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ImpatientDragon

ImpatientDragon

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iSaidGoodDay said:
I think it is more cultural rather than anti-innovation. The hustle culture in US is not present in Canada. At the end, for most people to make money in Canada, they either work for US orgs or they either invest in real estate. The rush to create something else is rare.

The way Silicon valley(SV) breeds talent is something else entirely too. With all the faults SV has, I've never met more talented folks in a single place anywhere else on earth in tech.
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Thanks for this great insight, this will definitely help in my immigration journey. Thank you.
 
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Impatient Dankaroo

Impatient Dankaroo

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iSaidGoodDay said:
I think it is more cultural rather than anti-innovation. The hustle culture in US is not present in Canada. At the end, for most people to make money in Canada, they either work for US orgs or they either invest in real estate. The rush to create something else is rare.

The way Silicon valley(SV) breeds talent is something else entirely too. With all the faults SV has, I've never met more talented folks in a single place anywhere else on earth in tech.
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Silicon Valley is Silicon Valley man, there is no comparison not only in Canada but the rest of the world. There is a reason why people flock there from the world over. California as a state has a GDP of 3.6Trillion vs 2.2Trillion of Canada as a whole.
 
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wonderbly

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imransyed said:
Agreed, at least in my case as soon as I joined, my canadian colleague who i was supposed to be working with in a team was started on training for promotion. And now I will be stuck in the entry level position this guy was doing for over ten years. He does not have a university degree, or even a college degree. I have a Bachelors with 3.0 gpa but from India. I am slightly over qualified for the role but my experience was outside Canada. My office is majority white Canadians and all/most entry positions are new immigrants. Its what it is.

Can anybody explain why Canadians are so anti-innovation though? It seems like they choose to refuse cutting edge/fairly modern tech as much as they can.
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iSaidGoodDay said:
I think it is more cultural rather than anti-innovation. The hustle culture in US is not present in Canada. At the end, for most people to make money in Canada, they either work for US orgs or they either invest in real estate. The rush to create something else is rare.

The way Silicon valley(SV) breeds talent is something else entirely too. With all the faults SV has, I've never met more talented folks in a single place anywhere else on earth in tech.
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Never worked in US and coming from Africa, even I was gobsmacked by how behind the trends Canada is w.r.t to technology and digitalization. I've concluded it's due to low competition and low appetite for fraud ( compared to where I'm coming from :D ).
 
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pinemaple

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wonderbly said:
Never worked in US and coming from Africa, even I was gobsmacked by how behind the trends Canada is w.r.t to technology and digitalization. I've concluded it's due to low competition and low appetite for fraud ( compared to where I'm coming from :D ).
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Like what kind of tech? I'm curious, never been to Africa.
 
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pinemaple

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wonderbly said:
What do you mean what kind of tech? You think IoT and other 4th/5th industrial revolution technologies isn't happening in Africa :D :D :D? There's hardly any I.T prevalent in the west that we don't have access to in South Africa, Nigeria...and a few other African countries at least :)
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I guess the mental image I have of Africa is very outdated! Here in Southeast Asia the stereotype of Africa is the Savannah and safaris...
 
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