There's nothing wrong with senior Australian engineers, they just lack "world class experience", according to Google Australia's head of engineering, Alan Noble. Now he's heading to the UK to poach senior engineers from Australia's ex-pat community.
Australians working with open source software are urged to participate in an online census launched this week to discover the capabilities of the local industry.
Having taken control of the google.com.au domain name earlier this year, the company has conducted a quiet launch of its renowned Googleplex search capabilities into the Australian market.
While most of us are confined to our cubicles, Australian IT consultant Maria Laracy has actually managed to break out of the box - and use her skills as a ticket to see the world.
Eighteen months ago the dot-com boom was luring IT-savvy Australians all over the globe and providing them with attractive salaries and living arrangements, but overseas demand for Australian IT talent has since waned substantially.
Eighteen months ago the dot-com boom was luring IT-savvy Australians all over the globe and providing them with attractive salaries and living arrangements, but overseas demand for Australian IT talent has since waned substantially.
An Australian ex-pat engineer manages to get Apple's portable MP3 player to run basic parts of the uClinux version of the Linux operating system. But it's only a rough start, he says.
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