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As an Australian, it saddens me every time I hear of a friend leaving for the States. I can count at least six or seven people off the top of my head who went t
by ajdlinux 11y ago
As an Australian, it saddens me every time I hear of a friend leaving for the States. I can count at least six or seven people off the top of my head who went through my uni's computer science program - a relatively small department, I should add - at the same time as myself, and have since moved to the Bay Area.
I can't really blame them, but it'd be nice if some of the brighter ones stayed around.
- voltagex_ 11y agoMoving to Sydney for a job could be almost as expensive as moving to the States. I'm looking in Melbourne but the market down there seems like a mess right now. Couple that with the falling Australian dollar and moving to the US and getting paid in USD doesn't sound so bad.
- ajdlinux 11y agoThe primary motivation for those I know who have moved to the Bay Area isn't the pay (although that certainly is part of it), it's finding more interesting work and being in the SF/SV culture. Personally, I don't like the start-up culture, and I happen to work at a place that does interesting things already, so I'm quite happy staying in Canberra.
- voltagex_ 11y agoI'm in Canberra too - contact me if you'd like a coffee.
- catmanjan 11y agoAren't you at IBM? I thought they stopped doing interesting things in the 80s
- jacques_chester 11y agoI moved to NYC. NYC's tech scene is bigger than all of Australia's scenes added up. The Bay Area is bigger than all of Australia's scenes multiplied.
- dhruvsuyam 11y agoWhat is the name of the company you work for?
- wycx 11y agoI would like to point out to those unfamiliar with Canberra, that if you live in one of the older suburbs with overhead powerlines (and not even on the radar for NBN), you can get Transact, which will supply dead stable 60 mbit VDSL2 fibre connection for ~AUD150/month on a business plan i.e. static IP. Plus, the weather and traffic in Canberra is way better than Melbourne. (Longing for the weather to remain constant for more than 20 minutes...)
- ajdlinux 11y agoI'm seriously considering upgrading my home link from ADSL2+ to VDSL2 now that I've discovered it's available in my area. It's not a sustainable long-term national infrastructure plan, but for my personal needs it'll serve me for at least a few more years. And you're right about the traffic - Canberra is very nice in that regard.