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As someone that spent a decade in the Australian tech industry, and then a decade outside, I can say that Australia is famously a tech backwater. London might
by nailer 4y ago
As someone that spent a decade in the Australian tech industry, and then a decade outside, I can say that Australia is famously a tech backwater.
London might be seen as conservative/cautious compared to SV or Austin or Lisbon, but it's far ahead of Australia where bloated big bang projects are well supported, and lean projects by actual tech companies are ignored.
- mbrodersen 4y agoAussie here. Speak for yourself mate. The tech I am working on in Melbourne (Rostering/Pairing) is world class. We are routinely beating international companies 100x our size.
- viraptor 4y agoUK may not be amazing but they do a lot correctly. Lots of systems integrated / running under the same umbrella. In-house infra with in-house ops. You can even browse through an the puppet and deployment scripts on public github.
- bogantech 4y agoThe problem with Aus is that all the talent leaves and you're left with uneducated bogans like me