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Can I ask what sort of salary range and work you typically offer? It could be many graduates see the big US numbers and expect similar.

roganartu 6y ago
It’s not even just that they expect similar, it’s that they can pretty easily get it if they are ok living in America for a while. The E3 visa is similar to the H1b but it’s far easier to get because it’s Australian only (and now Irish too, iirc) and we only use ~3k of the 10k/yr quota. Getting one simply requires a standard 4 year degree, of which Software Engineering qualifies (what most institutions call the Comp Sci equivalent-ish degree in Aus) and a 5 min “interview” at a US consulate somewhere outside the US. Source: Am Australian that moved to the US temporarily to work on an E3 because Australian tech companies simply don’t pay competitively.
- blaser-waffle 6y ago
  I did a working holiday in the Oz to do fiber optic network stuff for the NBN. Applied to Amazon and one or two others (Telstra, et al) in Australia on a lark. I still get hit up by them occasionally. Eventually I decided to bite, and responded back to a recruiter. "Why are you contacting me, I'm not in the Oz" The answer was along the lines of the parent comment: "good technical hires go to London or San Fran."
_AzMoo 6y ago
We're working on python web backends and react frontends for a large automotive corporation. The salary is average for our area, but like most we don't advertise with a salary and still don't get much interest. I've had an ad out now for a week and have received < 10 applications.
- MaximumYComb 6y ago
  How do you have solid grasp on what the average is? I googled "Python web salaries Melbourne" and the answer came back at the top from Indeed at $750 per WEEK. I wouldn't apply for something paying $39000 per year in a city that is incredibly expensive. Payscale[.]com had it at $73k for Python (not just web) as an average, still not that high but you should expect a few applicants.

roganartu 6y ago

It’s not even just that they expect similar, it’s that they can pretty easily get it if they are ok living in America for a while. The E3 visa is similar to the H1b but it’s far easier to get because it’s Australian only (and now Irish too, iirc) and we only use ~3k of the 10k/yr quota. Getting one simply requires a standard 4 year degree, of which Software Engineering qualifies (what most institutions call the Comp Sci equivalent-ish degree in Aus) and a 5 min “interview” at a US consulate somewhere outside the US. Source: Am Australian that moved to the US temporarily to work on an E3 because Australian tech companies simply don’t pay competitively.

blaser-waffle 6y ago
I did a working holiday in the Oz to do fiber optic network stuff for the NBN. Applied to Amazon and one or two others (Telstra, et al) in Australia on a lark. I still get hit up by them occasionally. Eventually I decided to bite, and responded back to a recruiter. "Why are you contacting me, I'm not in the Oz" The answer was along the lines of the parent comment: "good technical hires go to London or San Fran."

_AzMoo 6y ago

We're working on python web backends and react frontends for a large automotive corporation. The salary is average for our area, but like most we don't advertise with a salary and still don't get much interest. I've had an ad out now for a week and have received < 10 applications.

MaximumYComb 6y ago
How do you have solid grasp on what the average is? I googled "Python web salaries Melbourne" and the answer came back at the top from Indeed at $750 per WEEK. I wouldn't apply for something paying $39000 per year in a city that is incredibly expensive. Payscale[.]com had it at $73k for Python (not just web) as an average, still not that high but you should expect a few applicants.