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The pulse of Sydney's dev scene.

Developer interviews, meetup recaps, and honest hiring data from the Australian tech community — written from the ground in Sydney by Tishan David.

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Interviews

Conversations with people building here.

The career paths, the war stories, and the Sydney-specific realities you don't get from a job ad.
20 June 2026 · Sydney Tech Hub

From UTS to platform lead — building software in Sydney

Tishan David · Senior Platform Engineer & MCP author

Tishan on a Sydney career arc from UTS to platform lead, why he self-hosts everything, and where the Model Context Protocol fits.

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30 May 2026 · Fishburners, Sydney

Going from bootcamp to backend at a Sydney fintech

Maya Okafor · Backend Engineer (placeholder profile)

A career-changer on breaking into Sydney's fintech scene, the gap bootcamps don't cover, and learning to love Postgres.

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Latest events

Meetup & conference recaps

  • SydJS June 2026 — the local-first night

    12 June 2026 · Sydney Tech Hub

  • React Sydney May 2026 — Server Components in anger

    21 May 2026 · The Star, Pyrmont

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Hiring trends

What Sydney is hiring for

  • TypeScript92%
  • React / Next.js85%
  • AWS78%
  • Node.js74%

The tools behind these — see his open-source tools.

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The Sydney dev dispatch

Interviews, meetup recaps, and hiring data — a few times a month. No spam.