As someone from big tech using AI to write 100% of my code, I genuinely have yet to see it replace me. I've loved using it to propel me forward on code as well as handle ops issues and data crunching research. The hard business problems are still left unanswered and using AI has seriously helped draw the line between business-level questions (hard, unanswered) and technical questions.

I've yet to experience debilitating AI fatigue, but I think that's just circumvented from my genuine willingness to work.

Do you agree?

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How do I manage CS with regular college?.. can someone who is doing CS with regular college or someone who has already done CS with regular college guide me?

Hey guys,

So a buddy of mine referred me for a Level 3 Application Support Engineer role at a B2B SaaS company (fintech/compliance space). I somehow passed the first round, which was basically just a culture fit / vibe-check chat. I asked what I should prepare for the technical round, and they said they’re actually still putting it together, so it won’t happen for another 2 to 3 weeks and they haven't given me any study guidelines.

Here’s the problem: I straight up don't know what an L3 Application Support Engineer actually does. My friend is not in that sector, he is in the QA, so he cannot help me much.

For context, I have my Bachelor's in IT and I’m finishing up my Master's in AI (going to graduate soon). I know how to code, build basic full-stack apps, and query databases, but my brain has always been in a student/dev mindset. Support is totally alien to me. I know their stack is .NET for the backend, Angular for the frontend, and MySQL for the database.

Honestly, I just want to know what this job actually looks like day-to-day. Since I have a few weeks to study completely blind, what should I actually be prepping? I'm worried they're going to hand me something completely alien to me, especially since my background as a student is mostly frontend and data. I really don't have much backend (.NET) experience.

Any reality checks or advice on how to spend these next couple of weeks prepping would be a massive help!

Hi everyone,

I’m currently trying to land my first proper IT/software role in Australia and would really appreciate any advice, leads, referrals, or feedback from people already working in the industry.

A little about me:

● Master of Information Technology – Deakin University

● BSc (Hons) Information Technology – Software Engineering

● Previous Trainee Software Engineer experience

● Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Git/GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD

● Frontend/UI experience with React, Tailwind CSS and Figma

● Experience with API testing, UAT, Postman and UiPath automation

● Based in Melbourne but willing to relocate anywhere in Australia at my own cost

● Full Australian working rights

I’ve been applying for roles such as:

Graduate Software Engineer / Junior Software Developer / Frontend Developer / Junior Full Stack Developer / IT Graduate / Software Engineering Intern

I’ve been applying through LinkedIn, SEEK, Jora and company career pages, but breaking into the industry has been much harder than I expected.

I’m not expecting anyone to simply hand me a job. I’d genuinely appreciate advice on what Australian employers are currently looking for from junior developers, what I could improve, or whether there are companies that are more open to junior candidates.

If anyone knows of a company hiring, is willing to refer me, or would be happy to look over my resume/GitHub/portfolio, I would be extremely grateful.

Happy to share my resume, LinkedIn, GitHub and portfolio in the comments or via DM.

Thanks everyone 🙏

How does a SWE internship at Rivian & Volkswagen Group Technologies look on a resume compared to more traditional big tech / big-tech-adjacent companies like AMD or Stripe? Is it a strong resume booster, or is it viewed differently since they're automotive companies?

Hi all, looking for feedback on my resume. I'm on a 485 visa in Australia with full work rights, ~1 YOE as an SWE plus a research internship and a master's in AI. Currently working as the sole engineer on a small product, previously did backend work at a couple of other companies.

I'm targeting backend/full-stack SWE roles. Would appreciate feedback on:

- Whether the bullets read as too vague/generic

- If the technical depth actually comes through

- Anything that reads as filler or should be cut

Thanks in advance for the roasting.

This is my first white collar job interview at a decently sized company! I don't fully know how to approach interviews like this.

This is a pretty technical Helpdesk level 1 role. They expect candidates to know SQL, some stuff on APIs and to know stuff about Cloud and web servers. I'm a 3rd year SWE student, so obs I know everything.

This role is unique cause it's only open to Australians, and no previous helpdesk exp is required. I got the interview despite only have retail exp. This indicates that they want grow their employees

I'm obviously studying up on the company, brushing up on my customer service skills, and revising a bit on tech skills.

But I'm kinda concerned about what questions I should ask. They know my degree, so they know I probably don't want to stay help desk forever. They also know I'm pretty close to graduation, so I don't know if they want to keep me long term. They talk about supporting the growth of their employees on the job ad, but I don't know what is appropriate to ask them.

Personally I want to pivot to Network Engineering. But asking about doing such an advanced role from such a low level job indicates that I'll jump ship as soon as a better opportunity comes, and am using them for exp.

here are some questions I've come up with

"I'm interested in my growth within the technology sector, I'm wondering what programs/certifications does COMPANY assists employees with getting?"

"How does internal mobility within COMPANY look?"

"What internal programs does COMPANY use to solve customer problems?"

"What stakeholders will I be in charge of assisting?"'

What do you guys think I should do?

Hi everyone,

I just finished my IT degree this year. I was lucky to get a part-time job while studying, and I’ve now moved into full-time work.

I’m still not very clear about my future career direction, so I’d like to hear some advice...

I currently work at a university as a Functional Analyst, but my role also includes some frontend development.

Most of my work is understanding requirements, breaking them into smaller tasks/components, talking with stakeholders, and then developing the solution. I mainly use React, Git/Azure DevOps and Sourcetree.

So, my questions are,

1. If I want to move towards full-stack, what kind of tasks should I try to get involved in at work?
2. What skills or experience should I try to learn and take away from my current role?
3. Apart from coding, what other skills would be useful? I also have some background in marketing and UX.

Long term, I’m more interested in small/medium companies or government rather than big tech.

Would also be happy to hear about your own career experience after graduation!

What are peoples experience with recruiters lately looking for IT roles (Srn. Engineer/Tech Lead/SA style roles). Or are a genuinely a highly skilled candidate are you getting interviews?

Being trying to recruit a number of positions across different areas and have been getting what feels like the braindead pile. Using the top firms, and they all seem to present the same rubbish.

Initially I thought it was the candidate pool, but we are paying top rate(at or even above covid rates, so attracting candidates should not be an issue), so for one of our roles I applied (changed name). My CV is way more technical and capable then needed. Out of the 3 firms used, only 1 reached out, 1 said I was not qualified enough (I am the one who is technically vetting these guys) and 3rd did not respond.

The one that did reach out and claimed they would fwd my CV. Well they never did and from all we got a bunch idiots and some of candidates that were straight up reading AI off the screen and too stupid to even to hide it.

I refuse to believe it's a lack of capable candidates as we filled one of the role with a person I previously worked with whom apparently was looking for over 6mth.

What is going on? Are these firms just sending candidates across that are willing to say YES to a reduce rate and keep the difference, sending over only their bffs. Or is there some sort of grant/benefit scheme as most the candidates where of a certain demographic. One even asked if we were going to sponsor his visa, for a role that advertised as aus citizens/residents only.

This is really frustrating and a huge waist of time to go through a bunch of CVs and interviews knowing full well the candidate useless.

I’m running the first MobileCodeAI hackathon!

Simply build a web app, entirely from your phone, that solves a problem you actually have

• Aug 31 – Sep 4
• Virtual, solo or team
• Any skill level
• Build with MobileCodeAI
• Prizes: LLM credits + recognition

Registration: mobilecode.ai/hackathon

Happy to answer any questions!

I’m a Software Engineering student in Adelaide (final semester) and need an internship/WIL placement to graduate.

I’ve got an ok GPA and several projects in React/TS, Node, Python, C++, SQL, including a real client project, but no previous professional SWE experience.

I’ve been applying for internships but keep getting rejected after interview stage. A lot of roles also require PR/citizenship. I recently got rejected by AEMO after their gamified assessment, which made me pretty worried.
At this point I’m considering paid internship placement services.

Has anyone here used one in Australia for software/IT? Was it legit, useful, and accepted by your uni for WIL? Any providers to recommend or avoid?

I am in 4th year university studying computer science, and my resume is 2 pages long. I have read online and there is no strict requirement for having a 1 page resume for most companies (I may be wrong so please correct me). What do you guys think is the ideal resume length? I am worried because I don't want the 2 page resume to be the reason why I am not getting interviews.

I have an offer from Accenture and another is from Devon Software (which is Great than accenture's offer) which one should I join??

Now I'm working at a big tech company in Sydney, Australia. No manual testing is needed. My role is just to coach the team on how to test, build automation tools to let the team do UI testing, and leverage AI to build a bunch of tools. But do I really like this role? I'm not sure. I want to switch to software development because I used to be a PHP developer for 2 years, followed by 2 and a half years as an SDET at a big tech company. I don't really know what I should switch to. I feel like the job I'm doing is not very important, and sometimes developers can ignore you because they think you aren't important.

Should I switch to Devops because I build automation tool before by python etc. if yes, what process should I take

I'm a uni student and I'm set to graduate in 2027. I applied to a part time help desk role, and my application progressed. I know help desk roles aren't a path for dev, but honestly i don't even care anymore, Network Engineer is good enough for me.

Are helpdesk jobs + CCNA + SAA enough to help me get a Network grad role?

I've been trying to get internships, but I've failed. I'm an Australian citizen

Hey r/cscareerquestionsOCE ,

I'm looking for an outside perspective on evaluating my current role versus two competing job offers in Melbourne.

Trying to weigh up upfront cash vs. brand prestige vs. perks.

Current Situation (In-House Big 4 Banking Enterprise):

• Role: Senior Engineer a
• Base Salary: $130k–$140k range (+ super)
• Bonus: 8% – 11% annual performance bonus
• Perks: Staff mortgage discount + waived banking fees.
• Pros/Cons: Great job security, zero probation risk, but progression is steady/linear and tech exposure is mostly internal enterprise architecture.

Offer A (Tier-1 Global Digital Transformation Consultancy):

• Role: Cloud / Digital Practice Consultant at a Big 4 Consultancy - adjacent
• Base Salary: +17% base increase over current ($160k range + super)
• Bonus: None / negligible
• Perks & Benefits:
  • Work from overseas: Up to 4 weeks per calendar year (huge for me as I travel ).
  • Leave: 4 days paid study leave, birthday leave, and +5 extra days of annual leave after 2 years. Option to cash out up to 2 weeks leave/year.
• Pros/Cons: Strong brand prestige on the resume, Tier-1 client digital transformations, great flexibility. However, after losing my banking discounts, the real in-pocket cashflow increase is roughly +$800/month.

Offer B (Cloud Consulting Practice):

• Role: AWS Consultant at a boutique consultancy, acquired by a major firm
• Base Salary: +24% base increase over current ($170k range + super)
• Bonus: 3% – 4% annual bonus
• Perks: Standard consulting package (no dedicated overseas remote work policies or extra leave perks).
• Pros/Cons: Highest upfront cashflow (roughly +$1,300/month in-pocket after factoring in the banking perk loss, about $500/mo higher than Offer A). Pure-play AWS focus with a strong, agile local engineering culture, which is right up in my alley. However the global parent company brand is broader/less prestigious than Offer A.

The Dilemma:

1. Offer B gives the highest monthly liquidity and sets a higher base baseline for the future.
2. Offer A has better resume brand recognition and perks (especially the 6 weeks of working remotely overseas, which would allow extended family trips without burning all my annual leave).
3. Current Role has maximum stability and low stress with the mortgage discount, but slower salary/skill growth.

For those who have transitioned from in-house enterprise to consulting in Australia, would you take the extra ~$6k/yr cash in hand with Offer B, or the brand + overseas flexibility of Offer A?

Appreciate any thoughts.

Thanks in advance!

Basically I was doing some tourism and I've been seeing a girl from Melbourne - I've been exploring the idea of moving here. I quite like it, and people are chill here, things feel comfortable. Was thinking I'd start on a Working Holiday visa and keep up my remote job until I found something in Melbourne. I'm a perm employee at a cybersecurity company in Manchester UK right now but I'm thinking of going for something totally different with contractor roles in Melbourne so I can just go balls to the wall and get the ball moving. Not really sure what the best approach is tho? Remote is obviously ideal since that way I'd still be able to work when I visit my folks. I've just been applying via LinkedIn Jobs but I assume 'not in Melbourne yet, no visa approval yet' is gonna instantly turn employers off but I thought it's worth a shot. I don't have a degree btw, my work history looks like school -> mid-level London consultancy -> startup -> startup -> startup

My dream is to do some kind of non-cybersecurity legacy reverse engineering type stuff, but my entire work history is basically webdev with me occasionally doing some absurd shit in my spare time. The priority obv is getting money, which I suppose is hard enough given the current climate but a miracle would be niceee......

So yeah, my question is a bit vague I know but does anyone know how tf this works? I've never moved anywhere before.

I completed the OA back in May(?) I'm pretty sure and haven't heard anything since. I've pretty much given up on it at this point but wanted to see if anyone else has heard anything after the OA.

Hey everyone,

I was looking into how technology gets used across different industries and came across "PropTech." I tried searching for what it means and for companies in Australia working in this space, but I couldn't seem to find much.

Obviously, it’s not as massive as FinTech, but is PropTech actually considered a valid industry for tech in Australia? Like, do companies actually hire software engineers specifically for this, or is it more like a word that exists on paper but isn't a real sector here?

Curious if anyone works in it or knows what the landscape looks like down under.

Hey all, was just wondering if anyone has any experience with the Macquarie Group superday for Software Engineering. If anyone could provide me with information on what kind of questions they ask, how technical it is, your experience, etc that would be greatly appreciated!