•  saigot   ( @saigot@lemmy.ca ) 
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    10 months ago

    Anecdotally almost all the people who went to the states after graduating my compsci degree (about 40% of my cohort) have come back now. One guy in my cohort died in a firefight with ICE, it just isn’t safe.

    •  off_brand_   ( @off_brand_@beehaw.org ) 
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      10 months ago

      A friend of mine at Tufts was telling me about their ML/comp sco programs falling apart. She’s doing her PhD and was handed a project previously led by a green card holder who fucked off (because yeah why would you stay in a place that clearly doesn’t want you??). Now she’s left managing expectations for a project she didn’t write the codebase for.

      And that was BEFORE the recent disappearing of a Tufts student earlier this week.

      I’m a productive SWE at a big tech firm and I’m looking pretty seriously at offices in Canada. Better than hoping I don’t get abducted because my voter registration has (D) on it.

      • I’m a productive SWE at a big tech firm and I’m looking pretty seriously at offices in Canada.

        Come. We need more progressives in technology. You might feel the pay cut but it’s so worth imo

        • Good to hear, I’ve honestly been wondering how US folks would be received moving to Canada.

          Various estimates do put me at nearly a 50% pay cut. Which, if the CoL doesn’t scale down at least a little bit, could actually put me in a bit of a bind when supporting my wife as well.

          That’s if I could actually convince her to consider it, though.