The life and ramblings of Canada's most innovative Technology leader
A slight uptick in #Toronto tech #salaries in 2017. Let’s hope for a surge in #2018 When it comes to Toronto, tech salaries are finally on the rise. Between 2015 and 2016, average salaries dipped $1,000 (all figures USD) from
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This is part IV of the series where I will examine the problem that #Canada has with its lack of funding for #technology startups. If you happen to have missed part I of Canada, and more specifically Toronto, belongs at the
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Yes, it’s true. Funny that #Trudeau mentions the “#brain drain” days after I had published a lengthy article about it here. Mr. Trudeau has lamented a “brain drain” of #Canada’s best tech minds, saying at a recent #Google event in
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Good work #Toronto! More space for us to be competitive against places like San Francisco / Bay Area, Seattle, Boston and New York. The new location covers an impressive 35,000 plus square feet and sports two common areas along with
Read moreNice to see a peer company in Toronto getting big wins in the market (and hiring a ton). “The state of the enterprise AI market is nascent, with few companies deploying AI solutions to businesses,” said Kerry Liu, CEO of
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In this era of distractions, learning to say “NO” is truly powerful People think #focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the
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This is part III of the series where I will examine the problem that #Canada has with its lack of #funding for #technology startups. If you happen to have missed part I of Canada, and more specifically Toronto, belongs at the
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This is part II of the series where I will examine the problem that #Canada had with the “Brain Drain” and how #Toronto (as a #tech community) has been too cheap and how this has hurt the tech industry in
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Canada does indeed belong at the top. This has been a long time coming and the fact that we are now at a a time in history where Canada’s government, policy and talent all culminate to make it a way better place to live than in the USA (in general); Canada, and specifically Toronto, belongs at the top.
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Viafoura has been trending toward a heightened awareness of its team members, their needs, goals and career growth. All of this is wonderful and much of the groundwork required is borne of lessons learned while at other companies and organizations
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