r/AustraliaIT

I’m currently enrolled in Cyber Revolution Australia’s Cyber Accelerator program and I’m looking to hear from current or former students about their experiences.

I’ve recently come across several negative reviews regarding technical support, job placement and the overall value of the program. I’m also currently dealing with my own dispute regarding withdrawing from the program.

I’m particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has tried to withdraw/cancel, had issues with Humm finance, completed the certifications but had problems with job placement, or successfully exited the program after enrolling.

If you’ve dealt with Cyber Revolution yourself, feel free to share your experience below. And if you’d rather keep it private, you’re more than welcome to DM me.

As a domestic student, I just wanted to gauge whether anyone has had any luck transferring to a full time role from their professional experience in uni, or even getting a role in general in this market.

My course has a dedicated final year where we must work a full time paid internship, and the coordinators seem adamant that everyone gets a position.

Does anyone have any experience with this at the tertiary level?

The contract model offers rate advantages that permanent employment doesn't match but the gaps between engagements - finding the next contract, managing the income interruption, maintaining the motivation and the technical currency during a period with no clear end date - seem to produce a specific kind of stress that permanent employees don't experience in quite the same way. Would love to know from people here who've been contracting for a significant period what the gap management actually looks like in practice and whether there are approaches that make the uncertainty more manageable than just waiting for the next engagement to materialise.

I’m a software engineer from central asia looking to relocate to Australia. I have practical work experience and a solid portfolio, but i don’t have a formal university degree in computer science. Realistically, do overseas applicants stand any chance of getting a sponsored tech job in Aus based purely on experience, or is a degree pretty much a hard requirement for the visa and local employers?

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some advice on how to break into the Australian tech industry.

I finished my Master of Data Science at RMIT last year, and I’ve now been searching for a job for about a year without much luck.

My background includes:
- Around 3 years of freelance Data Engineering experience with 4 clients
- Around 1.5 years of experience as a Web Designer
- A 3-month internship during my final semester of my Master’s
- A portfolio website showcasing my projects and experience

I’ve made many attempts to get into a corporate role, but I honestly feel like I’m doing something wrong because I’m not getting the results I expected.

I’m mainly applying through SEEK and Indeed, and less through LinkedIn because it feels extremely competitive there, with many jobs showing 80+ applicants. I also tailor my resume for each position and write cover letters rather than sending the exact same application everywhere.

I genuinely feel that if recruiters take the time to look at my portfolio, they’ll be interested in my background and want to know more.

For anyone who has successfully landed a Data Analyst, Data Engineer, or other IT/tech role in Australia, what would you recommend I change or do differently?

I’d really appreciate honest feedback on:
My job-search strategy

Resume/application approach

Portfolio

Types of roles I should target

Anything else I might be overlooking

Even if you think I’m approaching this completely wrong, I’d rather hear it. 😅
Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to share some advice!

I was recently invited by a group to participate in an Anthropic program to get certified as a Cloud Code Architect. They claim it is a unique opportunity, but they mentioned they need at least 10 people to complete the certifications so the group can get certified as a Cloud Coder Architect. Other groups have reached out to me with the exact same offer, and none of them seem to care that I completely lack a technical background for this kind of material. I want to know if this is actually a legitimate, two-way beneficial opportunity where they will support me in any way, or if they are just using me as a headcount to unlock corporate perks and partner status for themselves.

Anyone with advice? I’ve completed my mba in business analytics in Adelaide, and I’ve applied to 100s of jobs and not a single reply. I’ve got analysis projects on my resume , operations analyst experience from India and also local experience in Adelaide working in a sales role. Why is it so hard? I’ve tried connecting to so many people on linkdn, absolute waste of time and humiliating as well. I am really upset about this and have no idea how to go about landing a role , someone please helpp

Hi everyone,

I run a software development agency in Australia. We have a solid delivery team, and until now, most of our focus has been on delivering projects and managing operations.

The business has grown mainly through referrals and word of mouth. However, business development hasn’t been our strength, and we don’t have a consistent sales or lead-generation process.

I feel like we’re ready to move to the next stage, but I’m honestly unsure what the right next step is.

Would hiring an experienced BDM help, or would it be better to first work with a paid mentor who has actually scaled a software agency or B2B technology business? I’m also wondering whether I should continue handling sales myself, with guidance from the right person.

Has anyone here been in a similar position? What worked for you? If you know a suitable mentor or adviser, I’d really appreciate a recommendation.

Cheers!

Good day everyone I am a frontend react developer with about 5 years of experience and recently got redundant from a job due to a restructure. I want to use this chance to cross train to a full stack is this correct decision ? I recently noticed by looking at the job ads that front end developers roles are kind of limited i Melbourne. While Full stack roles are more in demand. What back ends language or stack should I learn to be able to find a job quickly. I usually had success learning stuff from udemy or YouTube. And what advice do you give me to help me break in back end or full stack roles i Melbourne.

Good afternoon everyone, my name is Luca and I’m 22 years old. I’m Italian and have been living in Russia for 13 years, but unfortunately, I’ve realized I won’t be able to achieve my life goals here (for reasons that are quite personal). I want to pursue a bachelor's degree back home in Italy, but there’s a catch. Right now, I’m looking for a remote job in IT; I graduated from college as an information security technician and also completed DevOps courses. I tried using LinkedIn, but I seem to be getting ignored—likely because of my Russian phone number. Anyway, I’d appreciate any information, and—most importantly—friends, since I’m lacking both friends and a job right now.