This is what I like to see….

Salaries in NW up in techland

Now being someone who lives in the NW (actually, Victoria, BC but still below the 49th parallel), this is the kind of information I like to see. I was for
tunate enough to come out of University and land a job with an up and coming startup. Sure there were opportunities to go with much larger and stable comp
anies but I enjoy the sense of freedom and unconstrained growth that goes along with entrepreneurship.

It was the hey-day when I first started Univeristy 5 years ago. My first opportunity to go out on co-op presented
at least 8 or 9 different job offers. 2 years later and you were lucky to get 2 job offers. 2 years later again and the market
seems to be coming around with a definate need for people. We need people and I bet there are lots of other compa
nies in the same boat.

People are finding that the northwest is an attractive place to work and live with a fair share of start-ups and established companies to choose from. NW
VC’s appear active and that can only encourage growth and expansion.