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Posted by: ITNovaScotia Admin	Friday, November 17, 2006
An abundance of talent at bargain-basement prices bodes well for the information technology sector in Atlantic Canada, says a senior executive at an international software development firm. "The cost of development in Halifax and Atlantic Canada is far cheaper than the U.S.," Shawn Holmesdale, director of software development for Quest Software Canada Inc., said Thursday in Halifax. "We can hire pretty much one-and-a-half to two developers here in Halifax versus one in Silicon Valley. So it’s definitely attractive for companies to come here." Mr. Holmesdale made the comments at a business lunch organized by the Nova Scotia chapter of Canada’s Association of Information Technology Professionals, where he took part in a panel discussion on the state of the regional information technology sector. Quest, based in California, has 25 research and development labs worldwide, including operations in Halifax, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa... See the full story at The ChronicleHerald.ca

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Re: IT opportunities abound

By p.b. on Friday, November 17, 2006

Although I understand Mr Holmesdale's point regarding the cost advantage of staffing IT companies in NS, I might have worded it better than terms along the lines of "bargain basement" Perhaps company moral isn't a concern if you can find people so cheaply.

We need to use the local cost advantage to help grow the IT sector but not to the point that potential employers abuse that fact. Do we want to be the North American version of India?