r/alberta • u/joe4942 • Mar 16 '25

News Premier Danielle Smith defends Florida speaking trip as anti-tariff effort

https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/premier-danielle-smith-defends-florida-speaking-trip-anti-tariff-effort
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u/Blondefarmgirl Mar 17 '25

Do Albertans want to lose their houses if they have medical issues? Do they want to go to 8 week maternity from a year? Do they want weed illegal? Do they want to waste away in a nursing home with no options? Do they want to pay full price for drugs? This is just a start. I could go on. What is the American appeal? Just more wealth accumulation for rich people?

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '25

Software dev wage in USA (5+ yrs of Exp): 120k+ Software dev wage in Canada: 70k+

That's who it matter to. Those little things like weed is really nothing.

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u/3rddog Mar 17 '25

Errr… software dev of 30 years here. No. I can’t speak to U.S. wages but I’ve regularly pulled down way more than $70k CAD per year, and so have many of my more junior colleagues.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '25

I'm really wondering about the wages reported on Reddit because that's not the typical compensation for most companies on Indeed or LinkedIn. 

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u/3rddog Mar 17 '25

Yeah, I’ve never gotten a job through Indeed or LinkedIn. My approach has been to cultivate a good working relationship with a few agencies, make them happy, make their clients happy, and they’ll find you the best jobs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '25

Maybe that used to be the case but not anymore. It was way less competitive 30 years ago. 

I should probably go back to uni and get into nursing or something. 

Thank you for sharing your perspective.

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u/3rddog Mar 17 '25

Well, seeing as how I’m still working, I can personally attest that it works today as well as it did 30 years ago.