One factor you may want to consider is whether you want to work at a product company or at a consulting company. I may be mistaken, but Melbourne seems to have more product companies than Sydney.
Regarding the friendliness of the RORO meetup events in the two cities, I'd say that Sydney as well as Melbourne is trying to have talks for beginner developers. If you go to https://github.com/rails-oceania/roro/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Asydney-presentations , you can see that the talks are being evaluated by their experience level, and that people can request talks as well as volunteer to give them. I'd say it's a difficult issue though. Unless people deliberately try to address the issue, experts are more likely to give talks than beginners, and are more likely to give advanced-level talks than beginner-level talks. Andrew On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Craig Read <craigabr...@gmail.com> wrote: > A bit late to the conversation, but thought I'd add a slightly different > perspective. > > You won't get an impartial answer on which city is "better" from anybody > living here (including me). > We all have our prejudices, and love our respective cities for lots of > different reasons. > > So, I recommend doing research on the companies doing RoR. > Look for organisations who: > > - have an ethos you're aligned with > - are creating stuff you can be passionate about > - are using technologies you want to use > > We spend most of our waking lives at work. > Find work that you love, and you'll love wherever you live. > > Craig... > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Yasith Fernando <yas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You can find a list of Australian companies using RoR here (broken down >> by city): >> https://github.com/rails-oceania/roro/wiki/Australian-Companies-using-Ruby-on-Rails. >> It should give you a good idea of the RoR scene in Australia. >> >> On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 at 06:38 Leif Eriksen <leif.eriksen...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> For our next discussion we will talk about editing environments :), >>> comparing VI, Emacs, and RubyMine (ducks) >>> >>> >>> You left off sublime - so you're intelligence and morality are now >>> forever suspect. >>> >>> L >>> >>> This email crafted from materials gathered from across the cosmos. >>> >>> On 8 Dec 2015, at 11:07, Rob Dawson <rob...@rojotek.com> wrote: >>> >>> Oops — we’ve fallen into the my city is better than your city :). >>> >>> The three (and others) are good each has it’s own distinctives — it all >>> depends. Brisbane Sydney and Melbourne each have big enough populations to >>> have interesting things. Each has slightly different feels, but it’s hard >>> to say for sure which you would prefer without looking for yourself. >>> >>> For our next discussion we will talk about editing environments :), >>> comparing VI, Emacs, and RubyMine (ducks). >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> On 8 Dec 2015, at 10:01 AM, Shamael Keng <shamk...@gmail.com> 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 <shamk...@gmail.com> >>> 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.pa...@suranyami.com> >>>> 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> 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.fant...@gmail.com> >>>>> 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 <lasslo....@gmail.com> 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? 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