[GlennS]

I think this may be a matter of different expectations.

When I moved to Sydney 3 years ago and picked up a job within a week writing JavaScript at $130k + super (£80k then, £70k now the exchange rates have shifted a bit), I was very happy to be paid >2.5x what I'd been earning in the UK.

If you're already on $180k + super (£95k), then you're already extremely well paid almost anywhere outside the USA.

Regarding technologies: JavaScript/Python/C#/Java, well, you've just listed the most common programming languages that everyone uses everywhere? If you want to do Clojure or F# or something exotic then you probably want a Fintech.

I share your pain about Spring though. Life's too short for that nonsense.

> The more interesting work I have seen has always been overseas companies opening up in AU.

That is where I ended up. But now I'm a Django developer which I suspect isn't what you mean by interesting.