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- MelC0
I moved from Scotland to Canada. Best thing I ever did! Vancouver is beautiful, and it's got tonnes of work happening right now for the 2010 Olympics. I'm overwhelmed with work right now. It's also got the great outdoors. You know, if you're into that sort of thing...
West coast is the best coast.
- neue75_bold0
indeed...
- MrD0
just the good designers... not the marketeers...
;)
neue75_bold
(May 15 07, 06:21)Oh....
ok
nvm
- MrD0
yes vancouver does rock
but my experience has been, lack of decent shops
- neue75_bold0
seems to be mostly new media shops that are doing the interesting [for the medium] work in Canada...
- MelC0
they all end up in amsterdam anyway.
;)
Crouwel
(May 15 07, 06:19)Yeah. But if they've got any sense, they move back to North America. :)
- madirish0
you had 17 interviews, Jersey!? holy smokes...
- neue75_bold0
bah, it's all about the culture and how progressive you want to be and/or what you want to be doing...
Toronto is still generally tailoring US creative to the Canadian market... Which could be ok if the market wasn't so daft and conservative...
- MrD0
and that smell of penis every summer
that would be in vancouver
- iamempty0
haha!
cool, thanks for the info folks! ;)
- JerseyRaindog0
you had 17 interviews, Jersey!? holy smokes...
madirish
(May 15 07, 06:30)Not interviews. Cold calls. Speculative visits. Pre-arranged chats. etc. Nobody was actually advertising for anybody but most said, great work, give us a call when you get here. Catch 22.
- MelC0
Come to Vancouver. It rains here.
- piperboytoy0
Toronto is a good time to be working as a designer. you can get a job pretty easily.
Living / wage is good compared to most places in Canada. Van & Cal is way too expensive compared to the wage you get.
- MelC0
The trick is to ask for more money. Amazingly, you get it!
- JerseyRaindog0
Piper, how's it going?
- seed0
How is the market there for programmers, designers with development skills or usability/UI designers?
- ross0
The programmer (loser) friends i have here are all doing really well for themselves.
jPod.
- czawada0
Toronto is the place to be in Canada for design work. Great city, just shitty winters.
Vancouver is a beautiful city but lacks the quality shops. Personally I would say there are only about a dozen quality studios here pumping out good creative for interesting clients. The rest are all doing real estate work.
- MelC0
What's wrong with Real estate work!?
;)
- czawada0
"What's wrong with Real estate work!?
;)
MelC
(May 15 07, 12:47)"Hmm... where should I start?