In fact my pay increased, I know many think that Canadian employers pay less or something. But if you get the right employer, they pay good enough. My spouse also works now. So we together bring home a good chunk of bacon.
From colleague's anecdotes and Glassdoor, I'd really steer clear of Epic. Incredible pressure to work free overtime and have no "off time", even on the weekend.
In the late 90s I shrared an office with a guy, and he was great and really nice - we both liked to work with the lights out...
But he had a very peculiar look to his face, like a charicature. So when we would spin round in our chairs to discuss something, he'd be talking to me about something very serious about work and I would start to giggle.
He would say "what why are you laughing?" And I would have to say things like "in sorry something you said just reminded my of something funny"
I had a really hard time maintaining a straight face around him - I felt so bad about it.
their api does seem to have exposed comments in past. you could probably check with the team to see if they are willing to let you use it fir research project
