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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
The difference is in the pay level availability. In smaller cities you won't have the same ratio or amount of higher level classifications. There are TONS of CS's in Ottawa. A CS is basically an IT position and the entry level can have experienced workers making in excess of $60,000.
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It's funny. When I was in Halifax working for Sobeys I was a junior programmer making $26,000 a year. I moved to Ottawa to work for Statistics Canada I bumped that up to $36,000 as a CS-1. It was a real struggle to pay rent, get food, etc on $36,000 in Ottawa, so I was really motivated to get a promotion quickly.
On the other hand, a friend of mine in Halifax got a CS-1 position at Industry and he had no motivation whatsoever to compete for a CS-2. He had been a CS-1 for a number of years so he was making low 40s and he was the richest of the rich compared to folks we graduated with.