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Having moved from Perth to Silicon Valley I've got to second this. In Australia I'd get approached about jobs maybe every couple of months while in Silicon Vall
by arkem 14y ago
Having moved from Perth to Silicon Valley I've got to second this. In Australia I'd get approached about jobs maybe every couple of months while in Silicon Valley I get approached every couple of days.
While I primarily do security rather that software, in Australia the approach would be "Are you interested in contract work for Reputable Government Agency / Mining Company / Bank?" while in Silicon Valley is "Hot new VC funded startup looking for a rockstar to secure the social local cloud!".
I'm really enjoying the difference.
- jacques_chester 14y agoIt's funny how we hand-wring about why there's only an anemic startup culture in Australia. Leaving aside the storied legal barriers, there's the fact that the E-3 visa makes it much easier for bright Australian technologists to decamp to the USA. Until certain developments in my life made it an impossibility, I was thinking of moving to New York. Because it's the most unalike[1] English-speaking place with a vibrant startup scene I could think of to live in. [1] unalike from Darwin. Even Perth is a megapolis compared to that beautiful flyspeck.