Is it reliable to be a "code farmer" in Canada? What are the employment advantages of Canada's IT and Internet industries?

Overview of Canada's information technology industry In the past ten years, the growth rate of Canada's information technology industry is twice that of other economic sectors, and now it accounts for 5% of Canada's total GDP. The COVID-19 epidemic caused the Canadian economy to decline, but the information technology industry did not decline like other industries. On the contrary, the demand for professionals is increasing. There are about 44,000 enterprises in the industry, among which about 35,500 enterprises have insufficient employees 10.

There are about 100 large companies with more than 500 employees, mainly including branches of foreign multinational companies. Many American and international high-tech giants have registered branches in Canada. Even during the epidemic, the demand for talents in the IT technology industry is relatively stable.

Canada's IT/it industry has a low employment advantage and a large number of unemployed people. Compared with other industries in Canada, the number of unemployed people in the IT field has always been at the bottom, far below the average level of social development, and wages are obviously ahead of other industries. Beginners can reach less than 60 thousand Canadian dollars, and senior software engineers can reach about 65438+ 10 thousand Canadian dollars.

The new immigration policy is very favorable. Canada is very aggressive in attracting future high-tech talents. The time and place of work are very convenient. Many IT technical engineers can work from home and take care of their families' daily life. Especially during the epidemic, many companies have become home-based, and unaffected people can take care of their families.

IT developers with low labor intensity basically don't work overtime, the pace is slow, and they rest on weekends, which is different from the working style of China Programmer 996. Cheng, a development engineer with a long service life, is no longer a "youth meal", but a job that can still be retired at the age of 35, which is not recognized by domestic people. It is not easy to meet the pressure of replacing work, and it is normal to stay until retirement.

Montreal is a famous city in Canada, especially the game market. Canada is the world's third largest producer of games, headquartered in Quebec. There are more than 65,438+0,000 high-tech enterprises in Montreal, among which the strongest enterprises are concentrated in communication, cell biology and shipping, another major industrial chain in the region, and employ more than 48,000 employees in computer systems, software and electronics industries. Every year, 20% of students in Montreal are employed, but there is a serious shortage of high-tech talents.

About 65% of Columbia University's high-tech industrial chain in Vancouver is concentrated in the Greater Vancouver area. Its key industrial chains include mobile phone software industrial production, telecommunications, Internet media, cell biology and electric energy. The main customers of these industries are in the United States. In Vancouver, the technology industry is developing rapidly, and the design, production and manufacture of special education and environmental control systems are at the leading level in the world today.

University of Waterloo University of Waterloo is a professional technology triangle in Canada, where there are more than 400 high-tech enterprises. The key to management is to develop software and apply online business reception, artificial intelligence technology, cell biology technology and its wireless transmission technology. The computer engineering department of the world-famous University of Waterloo is an outstanding talent in this field, which makes the economic development of this area greatly exceed the national average.