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Since the main audience in HN are techies. I think if we put tech jobs and startups as part of the equation, those rankings will change dramatically.

hartror 10y ago
As a techie in Melbourne I can tell you I stand by my city being a great place to live and work for techies.
- ENGNR 10y ago
  Which companies in Melbourne do you think are the most interesting, from a hacker point of view? I know REA have a good engineering focus but there must be others
  - ehnto 10y ago
    Carsales(.com.au) apparently have a decent culture and are located in Melbourne.
  - skeletonjelly 10y ago
    Maybe have a look at who goes to certain meetup groups that are relevant?
  - mafro 10y ago
    Carsales.com.au is mostly a PHP shop, if that floats your boat. REA is a ruby shop. There are plenty of other smaller companies doing interesting work there, however! Source: was living there 12 months ago
  - hartror 10y ago
    I am biased but the company I work for is cool. Interesting domain, hard problems with novel solutions and a global focus. http://biarrirail.com http://biarrirail.com
  - hartror 10y ago
    Evanto is well known as a good place to work. BoM have a large presence in Melbourne as well and have some interesting problems. Though their culture isn't what it could be.
nikdaheratik 10y ago
I don't know as the value equation is the same as most other jobs (techies are people too) with the difference being how many other people in your industry are around for networking and jobs. Melbourne is very livable although the real estate game is a pain. The choice for most people is rent near public transport or buy a home way out and spend an extra 40 mins on top of your normal commute time along with 10-15% more of your income. The tech community here seems on par with Vancouver as far as software goes, but much less in terms of hardware. At least it's not as Enterprise oriented as Sydney seemed to be.

hartror 10y ago

As a techie in Melbourne I can tell you I stand by my city being a great place to live and work for techies.

ENGNR 10y ago
Which companies in Melbourne do you think are the most interesting, from a hacker point of view? I know REA have a good engineering focus but there must be others
- ehnto 10y ago
  Carsales(.com.au) apparently have a decent culture and are located in Melbourne.
- skeletonjelly 10y ago
  Maybe have a look at who goes to certain meetup groups that are relevant?
- mafro 10y ago
  Carsales.com.au is mostly a PHP shop, if that floats your boat. REA is a ruby shop. There are plenty of other smaller companies doing interesting work there, however! Source: was living there 12 months ago
- hartror 10y ago
  I am biased but the company I work for is cool. Interesting domain, hard problems with novel solutions and a global focus. http://biarrirail.com http://biarrirail.com
- hartror 10y ago
  Evanto is well known as a good place to work. BoM have a large presence in Melbourne as well and have some interesting problems. Though their culture isn't what it could be.

nikdaheratik 10y ago

I don't know as the value equation is the same as most other jobs (techies are people too) with the difference being how many other people in your industry are around for networking and jobs. Melbourne is very livable although the real estate game is a pain. The choice for most people is rent near public transport or buy a home way out and spend an extra 40 mins on top of your normal commute time along with 10-15% more of your income. The tech community here seems on par with Vancouver as far as software goes, but much less in terms of hardware. At least it's not as Enterprise oriented as Sydney seemed to be.