That's caused foreign tech giants to eye Canadians at a dizzying pace and triggered plenty of competition for home-grown companies like Clio.
Canada's own tech giants are in the mix, too. Ottawa-based Shopify Inc. rang in the year with the goal of hiring 2,021 technical staff by the end of 2021 and Wattpad Corp. will add 100 workers in Halifax and Toronto. Keeping talent at home is tough. Canada has long grappled with the “brain drain,” where people educated here flock south of the border for jobs, whether for financial or lifestyle reasons.
The average tech worker salary in the U.S. that year was roughly $177,463 and the global average amounted to $158,015. King would invite prospective hires to a restaurant to pitch the merits of Saskatchewan, but often found candidates were already prepared to move because the province is home to affordable housing and shorter commutes and the scope of work at Vendasta is large.
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