Conference kaosws::canada

    The personnel manager in the Toronto Skyway office is Barbara Stone 
    (DTN: 631-4010). I am not aware of any R&D positions in Toronto, 
    however there are likely consulting positions open in Software Services.
    
    Good Luck !
    

    Go a few more times to Toronto and make sure that's wgere you want
    to live and work.  Personally, I love Toronto but I'm not so sure
    I'd want to work there. 
    
    First of all, there is a different pace to Toronto than in Maynard.
    It is more akin to working IN Boston or even New York.  Second,
    Digital has a tougher road to hoe up there than down in the US.
    We have not made the same type of splash as far as I can discern.
    (When I told my Canadian friends I worked for Digital, most of them 
    frowned and told me that I must be crazy. In fairness, most of my
    friends in the systems field are in major Canadian banks.)
    
    If you still decide that that is where you'd like to live, good
    luck. It is a very metropolitan city.
    

	
	Re. -1

	I like the city as a whole, I am more concern about the 
	general business climate. Working in a city is fine with
	me, if I could grow up in a city like Hong Kong, Toronto
	is not such a big deal. It still have a lot of charm, 
	please take a good look at Boston, over price real estate
	market, bad traffic etc.

	Do I have to pay 100K for a one bedroom condo in Toronto ?
	Do driver left turn in the right hand lane ?
	Do you have a 5 sq foot hole on the express way ?
	Do you have people going 25 on a 45 Highway ?

	Some part of the city is just a big joke.
	Job market wise, I am more into application development than
	system field. Software service seems to me is a good place
	to start. As long as some one buy our mechine, they need our
	service.

        Please tell me I am dreaming.

	S P

re .3

>> Do I have to pay 100K for a one bedroom condo in Toronto ?

	Well, not $100K U.S...

	Actually, housing in Toronto is _very_ tight;  about 0.01%
	vacancy for apartments, condos and "real" houses are prices
	similarly.  I think we could fit you up with something a little
	larger than 1 bedroom, though, for $100,000.  Send me a cheque...

	Note that this remark applies mostly to the downtown area;
	depending on how far you want to commute, prices drop accordingly.

	Note that living in the "suburbs" could mean an hour or more
	commute each way, during rush hour.  Depending upon where you 
	live and where you work, rapid transit can be lot better than
	driving.

>> Do driver left turn in the right hand lane ?

	Boston has no monopoly on idiots.  However, more Boston idiots
	have cars :-)

>> Do you have a 5 sq foot hole on the express way ?

	In general, I have found the roads in Canada to be in considerably
	better condition than equivalent motorways in the States.  Michigan's
	potholes offer some of the best fishing in the state.

	The other side of the coin, however, is that each summer about half
	of the highway mileage in Ontario is closed for repair.  Somehow,
	it's always between where you are and where you want to be.

>> Do you have people going 25 on a 45 Highway ?

	Well, not often. Our highways have 100 kph (60mph) speed limits;
	usually, the guy behind you makes you feel guilty if that's the
	best you can do.



Cheers,


Ian S.

    
    re .2
    
    I don't know why people would frouwn when you say that you work
 for DIGITAL, when I say I work for DIGITAL, people usually crowd around
 me.
    But then again, I work in Ottawa, where 99.9% of the population
 is government employed.
    
    -Dan-
    
    
    

	re .4

	I think I could live with that.  The 100K is within 45 min
	drive from hart of Boston (that include traffic jam because 
	that is part of the living). 

	Currently I live in Everett(15 min from Boston) and work in
	Maynard. So I live in town and work in the out side, I drive
	1 hour to work, 45 min I am sitting in traffic before I got 
	on the highway, once I was on, it took me 15 min to get to 
	my office.

	I have been in Toronato traffic jam, it is not so bad.

	Thank for the inside information.

	Keep it coming because I need them

	Siu Pong

re .3

>> Do I have to pay 100K for a one bedroom condo in Toronto ?

>>>	Well, not $100K U.S...

>>>	Actually, housing in Toronto is _very_ tight;  about 0.01%
>>>	vacancy for apartments, condos and "real" houses are prices
>>>	similarly.  I think we could fit you up with something a little
>>>	larger than 1 bedroom, though, for $100,000.  Send me a cheque...

	Sorry to question this, but I live downtown and have been
	shopping for two years. $100,000 will only buy you a 
	700 square foot condominium, MAYBE if your lucky. (bachelor
    	style).

	If you can find me something downtown that has two bedrooms
	for 100,000, I've got a cheque for you :-)


>> Do you have a 5 sq foot hole on the express way ?

	I've been around the world and we *do* have excellent highways.
	Among the best...people just don't know how to use them...
	see topic CANADIAN DRIVERS :-)

>> Do you have people going 25 on a 45 Highway ?

	We have people going 40 kilometres on a 100 kph highway...
	see topic CANADIAN DRIVERS :-)

dh