American tech workers were really lucky and still are lucky. I envy their salaries even in the midst of the current "tech winter". North of the border we are pa

American tech workers were really lucky and still are lucky. I envy their salaries even in the midst of the current "tech winter". North of the border we are paid a hefty discount - probably why we're employed at all - with income tax and costs of housing eating into the savings we could have. Still enough to sock away a bit every month, but it feels like swimming upstream sometimes.