Hi HN!<p>I'm looking at taking a year out and doing something completely different; to draw away from my current domains (finance/government bleh) to doing something interesting and of value. The problem is, if I want to take an entry-level role the employer has to drop a significant investment in me!<p>I'm looking for a junior business development role, but the problem is these only exist at Big Co. They seem happy to take me on, but the work always seems to be of no value (ie. crappy products). Small firms don't seem to be able to open these positions up.<p>How do these rules affect you, if at all?
It probably depends on where you are.<p>In Brisbane, there seemed to me to be a noticeable lack of decent IT jobs going. There were a few out there, but most of them were either "Big Co./Government", or small dev shops which had a very high turnover due to low pay, and relatively crappy work environments (there seems to be a lack of "Managers who can").<p>Of course, that is my experience with one city. Australia just isn't a great ecosystem for funky cool tech start-ups, and probably won't be for a long time (comparatively poor internet access/speeds, small population, really out of the way compared to... well... anywhere in North America or Europe... we're not well positioned).<p>That's how I see it anyway. Others may have different opinions, or have seen the dev world there differently to me.