[spitfire]

Oh god how I love the float planes. As a pilot I love watching them (and the smell of Jet-A at mocha house). As a passenger I love the relaxed experience. It is honestly, Victoria t at its best.

You've hit the crux of it - sophistication. Or rather, having enough skill to recognize ones flaws and correct for them. This is something Victoria as a whole does not have.

We don't have enough skilled players in order to sustain an ecosystem at the level needed to attract and retain that top level talent.

Try looking for a senior python developer. That'll be tough. Now try looking for someone with machine learning, compiler design, mathematics or other hard but very useful skill. You just won't find them.

So the companies in Victoria are stuck working on shallower problems. Usually with many competitors and without an ability to build a moat. Which means the people skilled in those hard skills move away to find employment, or do remote work.