Women and immigrants poised to lead Newfoundland and Labrador’s tech industry
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How are they doing?
Crickets?
…
I’m going to guess not particularly great.
> Gates described speaking to a segregated audience at a recent business seminar in Saudi Arabia.
> On one side of an auditorium sat men. On the other side of a large partition was a "sea of black," Gates said _ women in full-length abayas that cover their faces, as required in Saudi Arabia.
> A questioner asked if he thought Saudi Arabia could meet its ambitious goal of becoming one of the world's most competitive economies by 2010, Gates said.
> "I said, 'Well, if you're not fully utilizing half the talent in the country, you're not going to get too close to the top,'" Gates said.
> How did the audience react? "One side loved it," Gates quipped.
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Skepticism aside, I would like to see other cities and provinces playing larger roles in Canada’s economic future. I myself immigrated to Atlantic Canada, but it was frustrating finding a fulfilling opportunity in the local tech scene (this was before remote work was seen as mainstream), and eventually moved to a bigger province / city.
Tech industry will employ you with a high salary for the cost of living.
You can afford a house and a family and save for a cabin and boat, which is the cultural touchstone here.
Saskatchewan will grow. I'm bullish on our resource sector.
Immigrants to Canada are attracted here due to the low cost of a house. Living here and owning property now is a solid real estate bet for the future.
World leaders of uranium and potash are based here. Agriculture is strong here.
Saskatchewan is not a cosmopolitan urban center. It has deep rural roots everywhere. But I love it here. It is home.
I've worked at 5 different tech places in ~11 years in the industry here.
Getting a job as a programmer here is pretty easy, there's not a ton of options but there's a few success stories that are usually hiring.
I know many people who work remote from here, Digital Ocean is a popular remote option.
but much more seriously, consistent really warm weather might be too much for newfoundlanders until they take many months to acclimatize to it.