> My apologies. I thought $10/day daycare was universal in Canada.

In my understanding, it exists but it's vaporware and not really accessible.

> That said, SWE compensation in the U.S. has been quite an anomaly compared to the vast majority of American labor, especially in the last 5-10 years.

The discrepancy isn't an anomaly for Canadians in high-income fields, like law, medicine, or finance. As a rule of thumb, the USA pays twice as much but expects more productivity and less stability. I'm entitled to minimum vacation, I can't be fired at will without huge severance packages, I get lengthy parental leave, etc.

> If this AI hype has taught me anything it's that those with capital cannot wait to start trimming their pesky engineers with those high salaries.

This is the goal, but I see the opposite.

The engineers with the capacity to use AI to replace many others are extremely rare at my company since it requires breadth of knowledge to step in when you realize an LLM can't solve a problem itself, reading comprehension to understand the copious amounts of code/English the AI wants you to review, and extreme paranoia because these things lie constantly.

Otherwise, you end up in an AI delusion loop. The AI tells you it is fixing the problem but due to some fundamental misunderstanding it is unable to accomplish the task and lies to you about its ability. This ends when you are sufficiently fooled to approve the code or when you give up.

I think we're seeing signs of this as companies start replacing SaaS products.

> Unrelated, I like your website. It's simple and the color scheme is aesthetically pleasing.

Thank you! I'm attempting a blog with simple interactive components to ensure people use the site instead of summarizing it with AI.