And Lorenzo, while there are pros all over Australia, let's not forget Canberra, fantastic Australian Capital City! There are definitely at least one dozen Ruby developers here, and most of us have jobs!
ryan On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 11:02:01 AM UTC+11, Shamael wrote: > > Oh and just for the record, Brisbane isn't my cup of tea. It's like a > village only in a city, I hope that contextualises the prevailing attitudes > and cultures for you. (Don't get me wrong there are some small things which > are good about it, but overall a pretty homogenised extistance). > > SK > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Shamael Keng <sham...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Lorenzo, >> >> You should make a list of what your priorities are in regards to finding >> your next home. For example. >> >> 1. Working on a great product with a progressive company >> >> 2. Salary >> >> 3. Living in a city which enables me to enjoy who I am. >> >> These would be my 3 things which are important to me, so to give you some >> insight, having lived in both Melbourne and Sydney, you can find the first >> two in either city. >> >> The last one however, IMHO would be Melbourne. Research the liveability >> of both cities and you'll find that Melbourne has nearly always beaten >> Sydney. Food, music, art, the culture in Melbourne is diverse, rich and we >> have some of the best coffee in the world, plus it’s easily found. >> >> >> >> If I would compare it to a city anywhere in the world, I would say that’s >> its similar to Berlin. In any case, good luck with finding a home! >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> SK >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:52 AM, David Parry <david...@suranyami.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Also, Lorenzo, you might want to use the Greythorn Salary Survey as a >>> guide for salary expectations in each city: >>> >>> >>> https://www.greythorn.com.au/download-the-2014-greythorn-market-insights-and-salary-guide >>> >>> Both Melbourne & Sydney are great places to live and have the most RoR >>> job opportunities. Sydney’s expensive, but Melbourne’s catching up. >>> >>> However, we are blessed with a great, supportive, fun Ruby community all >>> across Australia and New Zealand, so don’t stress too much about it. >>> >>> >>> On 8 Dec 2015, at 9:31 AM, Steve Gilles <st...@stevegilles.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Lorenzo, >>> >>> Most on-site Ruby / Rails roles are in Sydney and Melbourne so I’d >>> recommend starting your search there. The size of the Ruby market is >>> similar in each city, so career wise you should be fine in either. >>> >>> More importantly, spend time figuring out which city you’d enjoy >>> *living* in more. Read up, speak to people who live in each city and spend >>> time exploring. >>> >>> Steve Gilles >>> @stevelikesyou >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Jonathan Fantham <j.fa...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> This could be stale information now, but five years ago when I moved to >>>> Australia I applied for jobs in Melbourne and Sydney and I got a lot more >>>> responses from Sydney than Melbourne. >>>> >>>> I would recommend applying for jobs in both cities and see what bites >>>> you get. Usually companies are happy to do online interviews. They’ll >>>> probably want a final in-person interview but at least you can test the >>>> waters remotely. >>>> >>>> On 7/12/2015, at 07:37, Lorenzo Sinisi <lassl...@gmail.com >>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Rubyist, I'll move to Australia in about a month and I'm a Ruby >>>> developer with 3 years experience. I would like to pick up the best city >>>> for my skillset and I have no idea about the market over there. Where >>>> would >>>> you suggest me to start formy working experience between Melbourne, Sydney >>>> or Brisbane? I know it is a very generic question but I would just like to >>>> know your opinion as you are already there. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> This is my Linkedin so you can give me a better advice >>>> https://au.linkedin.com/in/lorenzosinisi >>>> <https://au.linkedin.com/in/lorenzosinisi> >>>> >>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/public-profile-settings?trk=prof-edit-edit-public_profile> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rails-oceani...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rails-...@googlegroups.com >>>> <javascript:>. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rails-oceani...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rails-...@googlegroups.com >>>> <javascript:>. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rails-oceani...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to rails-...@googlegroups.com >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rails-oceani...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to rails-...@googlegroups.com >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> sk >> http://au.LinkedIn.com/in/Shamaelkeng >> > > > > -- > sk > http://au.LinkedIn.com/in/Shamaelkeng > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. 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