Hi r/PersonalFinanceCanada!
This morning I saw the post on this sub about working from home and how it affects Canadian jobs, here, and the valuable discussion it brought forth. I just made a reddit account today to join the conversation.
This move to Digital by Default and removal of city-centricity has supported our existing Canadian Shopifolk, allowing them the freedom to move around the country to fit their lifestyle and family needs.
What does this new approach mean for new hires? With the dissolution of office centricity, it no longer makes single city hubs a barrier to joining our team at Shopify. By being digital by default we are able to hire from all over the world opening up the opportunity to a global talent pool to help us lead.
Regarding Computer Science graduates, we hire over 200 software developer interns a year as paid interns. Long term - I think there is still going to be a place for offices; from onboarding, to project collaboration, to in person bonding, this will still continue to exist.
The physical office will no longer limit us physically to the talent that can join us and the places where we can unite to power entrepreneurs around the world. We have and will continue to hire in Canada. Canada remains our highest growth region for hiring software and data engineers. Our hiring philosophy has and always will be to hire the best, globally and locally.
EDIT: Proof Here Just spending some time with my family, will be in and out of this thread over the weekend!
It took a global pandemic and stay-at-home orders for 1.5 billion people worldwide, but something is finally occurring to us: The future we thought we expected may not be the one we get.
https://qz.com/1870059/harley-finkelstein-thinks-covid-has-changed-retail-forever/
Entrepreneurs who built massive companies, and entrepreneurs who built small businesses with a lot of meaning.
More at: https://www.shopify.in/blog/a-letter-to-entrepreneurs-from-shopify-coo-harley-finkelstein-1
I was listening to an interview with the Shopify President Harley Finkelstein, and he said the reason they wanted to go fully work-from-home is so they are able to hire employees from around the world. "This gives us incredible optionality. It means we can hire people from all over the world that didn't want to move to Canada" (source below). Is work-from-home really a threat to Canadian technology jobs? I am starting to realize the reason university graduates from Computer Science programs got decent-paying tech jobs was because their employer could make them come in every day to the office and work. But since many tech companies including Shopify, Facebook, and Twitter have gone almost permanently work-from-home, should we as Canadians be worried that a lot of Canadian tech jobs would be outsourced?
I mean if the employee is able to deliver code using just a laptop, why would a company hire a Canadian worker for $7000/month, when they can pay someone in another country $1000/month? I'm not a tech employee, so it doesn't affect me either way. But I am concerned about the thousands of Computer Science graduates who get in $50,000 debt after university.
BNN Interview: Quote said at 14:10 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/the-days-of-office-centricity-are-over-shopify-president-1.1521733
Firstly, I would like to thank Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify, for taking the time to respond to my post regarding the future of IT jobs. You can read his response here. I'd also like to give him credit for taking the time in responding to your questions.
In his reply, something that stood out to me was this quote:
>By being digital by default we are able to hire from all over the world opening up the opportunity to a global talent pool to help us lead.
This confirms my original concern. That tech companies, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google, might be getting ready to decentralize their IT teams across the globe.
To my original post, some people made some very valid points.
The quality is bad and it takes too long
Yes, this is a very common experience among people who are either hiring freelancers or agencies to do the work. It's common for freelancers to work on multiple projects and not meet a deadline, and it's common for agencies to deliver poor quality code because there is often miscommunication between the agency's sales/project manager and their coding team.
Having a DEDICATED employee or offshore Shopify team is different. If Shopify decides tomorrow to hire a NodeJS developer from Pakistan, the employee will be proud to be a "Shopifolk", and dedicate 100% of his/her working hours towards the company. They would be proud to tell people they work for Shopify. During the hiring process, the employee would also be subject to the rigorous coding tests to ensure the company is getting the best-of-the-best from around the world. If they are very stringent, the company may also require the developer to install AI-powered activity monitoring tools while working since they will be on billable hours.
It's hard to work across time zones
This is a great point, however unlike most office jobs, technology jobs are pretty independent. Sure, there is some element of collaboration when discussing project requirements. After that however, developers work fairly independently for days, managing deadlines and committing code using tools like JIRA and GitHub.
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The funeral director was asking us what we think Mum should wear in her casket.
Mum always loved to wear sarongs (fabric wraps that go around the torso and drape downward a bit like a long skirt would), so my uncle suggested that she wear a sarong in there.
The funeral director looked a bit confused, as did some of our family members, to which my uncle added:
"What's sarong with that?"
I started laughing like an idiot. He was proud of it too. The funeral director was rather shocked. We assured her, and our more proper relatives, that Mum would've absolutely loved the joke (which is very true).
His delivery was perfect. I'll never forget the risk he took. We sometimes recall the moment as a way help cushion the blows of the grieving process.
--Edit-- I appreciate the condolences. I'm doing well and the worst is behind me and my family. But thanks :)
--Edit-- Massive thanks for all the awards and kind words. And the puns! Love 'em.
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But Bill kept the Windows
True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."
I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"
He responds, "it's dead grass."
I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"
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He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.
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He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"
I will find you. You have my Word.
She said how do you know he was headed to work?
Because he wanted space
Edit: Thank you for the awards.
“thank you for your cervix.”
...sails are going through the roof.
Shopify reports Q4 adjusted EPS $1.58, consensus $1.25
Reports Q4 revenue $977.74M, consensus $910.22M. Monthly recurring revenue, or MRR, as of December 31, 2020 was $82.6M. Growth accelerated to 53% year-over-year with MRR up from $53.9M as of December 31, 2019 due to the continued high number of new merchants joining the platform in the quarter following record merchant additions in Q3. GMV for Q4 was $41.1B, an increase of $20.5B, or 99% over the fourth quarter of 2019. Gross payments volume, or GPV, grew to $19.1B, which accounted for 46% of GMV processed in the quarter, versus $8.9B, or 43%, for the fourth quarter of 2019. "The spirit of entrepreneurship was strong in 2020, as our merchants' resilience and ability to adapt helped many of them thrive in a difficult year," said Harley Finkelstein, Shopify's president. "Shopify is at the heart of our merchants' businesses with entrepreneurs around the world trusting us with their livelihoods. This year, we are doubling down on creating a frictionless path to successful entrepreneurship, as we continue to build a future-proof commerce solution to serve generations to come."
Mods said I'm a cereal reposter...
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But now I stand corrected.
And then you will all be sorry.
