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Sth to say
Actually, it is meaningless to discuss "hometown" here, we came from China, and our hometowns are there,
We came here for a better life. Withour money, we can't make this dream come true. So, first, settle down, secondly, fit yourself, third, make your life better.
All are my personal opinion, I am a frank and realistic guy, only want to provide some information, don't want to share arguments with others, like it, go ahead, if not, ignore it. Sorry, I don't have Chinese on the machine I am using.
I still remember, 6 years ago, after 4 weeks COFI class, I told my teacher I got a job, a professional job. Teacher hold my shoulder, said in English, "now you are like me, pay tax". See, paying tax in North America is sth to be proud of, that's the basic for the sociey to maintain, to develop. Also, giving rather than taking, I think, is human being 's personality.
After 5 years in Montreal, I moved to Calgary, in short, follow the money.
Generally, in the company, there are two kinds of employee, one is stuff, the other is contractor. Stuff earn money by year with benefits, contractor by hours, nothing else. Usually, contractor earn 25%- 30% more than stuff for same level. Because of the hot market in Calgary, this difference could be doubled, and most of the senior guys like to do contractors, more money and at this situation, don't worry about work.
Not all work could get remarkble salary in Calgary, as I know ( I am in oil industry for a couple of years) only salary for process, pipers, instrumentation and piping stress was promoted by 50% for the last several years. For senior pipers(run 3D model), contractors, $70-$100/ hour, very few earn more than this number for now, In Montreal, $40-70, SNC Montreal boosted salary by 10% three month ago since it is hard to keep qualified people. In addition to the difference on salary, overtime(work more hours) is another important factor, some companies here allow no limit overtime, some people works 60-70 hours per week, you can easily calculate how big the difference is.
In my personal feeling, Montreal is a good place to study(I failed getting in any University there) and live, if you have money and want to enjoy the life, stay there. But talking about work, earn more money, pay less tax, no French, Montreal is not a good place. That is why so many people left Montreal, we had a party for Montrealers two weeks ago, you can see a lot of faces, new or old. Only at the floor I working on, 9 people came from Montreal. It is just one unit in one project, more than 50 units in that project(2/3 will be done outside of Calgary), in this company, 3-4 projects, in Calgary, there are at least 5 companies like this size.
I would also say, money is not the most important thing in our life, but, it is very hard to figure out without money, how you enjoy your life. And also, when you have a chance earn money and wouldn't ruin your life too much, why not?
I didnot say Calgary is good place to move in for everybody (actually no such a place in the world, even have one, I am sure it wouldn't be any more soon), for now, for people with experience, it is, tomorrow, where? who knows, who cares?
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发表于 2006-12-19 21:48
看起来什么样的出身就什么样的理解水平啊！发廊出身的XX女就能把NOT IN DEAR QUALIFYING MOUTH 的缩写楞是理解成“去你妈的”，是不是以前有人。。。之后没给你Y钱，你Y就说“去你妈的”，然后就从小镇发廊转移到上海发廊再到蒙城发廊，原来我还高看了你Y的，鸭性！呜呼哎哉！
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