[___cs____]

Canada/Australia have thriving scene, but somehow the number of jobs is really low.

There was a nice discussion on reddit about brain drain to Australia/Canada.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/9l1pug/w... https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/9l3ueo/which_coun...

[vthallam]

Usually, jobs follow. Big companies already use Canada as a bench for foreign workers who couldn't get the H1-B through lottery.

In the last couple months, I heard 2 big announcements, Microsoft establishing their Canada HQ[0] in Toronto, Uber [1] is investing big time.

[0] - https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/09/11/microsoft-canadian-...

[1] - https://techvibes.com/2018/09/13/uber-expands-canadian-prese...

[2] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-24/toronto-b...

[qaq]

Yep my friend in Ukraine got an offer from one of US tech giants the process is if they can't secure H1B they just move people to Canada.

[adriand]

'Toronto’s tech scene is so hot the city created more jobs than the San Francisco Bay area, Seattle and Washington, D.C., combined last year, while leapfrogging New York in a ranking of “talent markets."'

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-24/toronto-b...

[toomanybeersies]

I can't comment on the tech scene in Melbourne, as I don't really participate in it outside of work, but there are plenty of jobs here.

It took me less than 2 weeks to find a job as a Ruby on Rails developer here in Melbourne.

The comments bagging on Australia seem like the classic self-denigrating comments that Aussies love to make about themselves.

[jpatokal]

You won't have any trouble finding IT jobs in the big cities. But ironically enough, the difficulty of getting a visa in Australia has also been ratcheted up recently, meaning that many employers who would love to hire can't sponsor the visa...