Tech IndustryDec 4, 2018

Did anyone here immigrate to Australia after getting tired of GC backlog?

I'm not interested in moving back to India. Thanks to pollution, corruption and ugly political scenario. With GC for Indians taking several decades to clear, I'm considering to move elsewhere. Canada is one good alternative. I'm also interested in Australia. Which US tech companies have reasonable engineering presence in Australia?

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IBM Sadhguru Dec 4, 2018

Looked at Canada. The number of jobs are quite less. A rudimentary job check on major giants website is like this. If 100 jobs for the US, 10 for India, 1 in Canada. I maybe wrong but this is what I felt

Apple Serialized Dec 4, 2018

I think you meant to say “very less”

Amazon Crike Dec 4, 2018

Indians population is also 100 times bigger

Stripe Ab4521 Dec 4, 2018

Don’t go to Australia. It’s almost entirely project/contract jobs in tech. There are still some big American tech firms there, but your options with jobs are far fewer. I also recommend Canada.

Grab givemeya Jun 4, 2019

I remeber I applied Stripe last year and the recruiter got back to me like in 4 months. LOL.

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RzFr15 Dec 4, 2018

DO NOT COME TO AUSTRALIA

Nutanix Bid909 Dec 4, 2018

Yeah who wants to come to the racist and pirate land..

Intel UGeJ58 Dec 5, 2018

Which country with a significant majority ethnicity/race isn't racist?

Google Lovedoo Dec 4, 2018

I know of a lot of people who immigrated to Canada and became citizens! Go figure. We need to fix this broken system

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gjjdhebdb Dec 4, 2018

Good quality of life but not a lot of good tech jobs. If you wanna start a family or just take it easy and enjoy life, go for it.

Microsoft Auss OP Dec 4, 2018

What would I do for living?

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gjjdhebdb Dec 4, 2018

No you can get a tech job, but it won't be a tech company.

PayPal lGTy66 Dec 4, 2018

LETS ALL MOVE TO AUSTRALIA

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RzFr15 Dec 4, 2018

noooooooooo

Synopsys sw100 Dec 4, 2018

Don't come, we are the first, it's already occupied . Or I move back to India and find a wife

Facebook Stunlock Dec 4, 2018

We're full.

Vertivco WARP ZONE! Dec 4, 2018

Get off my land.

Intel UGeJ58 Dec 5, 2018

Build a north coast reef wall! And make the aboriginals pay for it!

Microsoft UMbR31 Dec 4, 2018

What's the motivation to go to Australia? Like how do you arrive at a random choice like that? Did you throw darts on a map?

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ffffuuuuun Dec 4, 2018

There's only so many English speaking nations and even less that are known for sponsoring tech workers.

Microsoft UMbR31 Dec 4, 2018

Yeah but why would you go to a mining and tourism dependent economy. Like... What would you do for work for the next 50 years?

Intel Model Dec 4, 2018

One of my friend did.. he is happy in Sydney

Microsoft UMbR31 Dec 4, 2018

What does he do for work, and what's the pay like?

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ffffuuuuun Dec 4, 2018

My TC is about 130 USD as an swe w/ 10+ yrs. But cost of living is probably a third of bay area in Melbourne. And it's pretty, clean, safe and we have about 20x more shops, bars and restaurants.

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NatySadela Dec 4, 2018

Isn't GC (green card) a good GC (garbage collector)

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JohnMacP00 Dec 5, 2018

GC is like fantasy for many. WTF I never understood