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Northern_Lad



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 08 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Behemoth wrote:
There's that place south of Canada.


Didn't realise Cuba did that much coding.

thos



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 08 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Northern_Lad wrote:
Behemoth wrote:
There's that place south of Canada.


Didn't realise Cuba did that much coding.

Didn't they get a load of missiles a few years ago, or am I out of date?

vegplot



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 08 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Backov wrote:
Oh yes, I know there's work there for sure, but on a global scale the wages are pretty poor - for instance about 40k pounds is a highish end wage for a games programmer, that's about $20k USD less than I would be getting elsewhere (in the US or Canada, that is). Combine that with higher taxes than I am used to and not the weather I wanted (I'm really jonesing not to see snow again) - and it's not a perfect choice.


I wish we had snow more often. We get it very rarely.

Taxation doesn't appear to be the gap you say it is according to this table. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Canada. You may earn more there but unless you are getting the quality of life you want then it doesn't mean much.

Vanessa



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 08 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think the long and the short of it is, there's no eutopia (sp). Every country has its drawbacks. High housing costs, low wages, high taxes ... all relative to each other, of course ... it's easy to focus on the negatives.

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