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There's definitely some awesome companies in NZ open to bringing quality developers from overseas. Check out http://www.xero.com/about/careers/ http://www.xero.

There's definitely some awesome companies in NZ open to bringing quality developers from overseas. Check out http://www.xero.com/about/careers/ http://www.xero.com/about/careers/ Note: I'm not associated with them in any way

RobotCaleb 14y ago
I'm interested in hearing more about awesome companies in NZ. I've been interested in getting out there for a couple years now.
- mrtrombone 14y ago
  Not sure what the best way to research is. A couple of websites that might help: http://www.idealog.co.nz http://www.idealog.co.nz http://unlimited.co.nz/ http://unlimited.co.nz/ Few other high profile companies: http://www.vendhq.com http://www.vendhq.com http://www.silverstripe.com http://www.silverstripe.com http://www.optimalusability.com/ http://www.optimalusability.com/ http://www.rakon.com http://www.rakon.com http://www.starnow.com http://www.starnow.com http://www.smallworlds.com http://www.smallworlds.com
  - RobotCaleb 14y ago
    Sweet, thanks! I've just been watching seek.co.nz, but the listings there are pretty mundane.
    - genbattle 14y ago
      The other main site for jobs in NZ is the Jobs section of trademe.co.nz (who themselves are a pretty cool little company to work far, or so I hear). As far as startups in particular I don't know of any particular website or anything that NZ startups accumulate around, although you might find the NZ Startup Digest interesting (I found it on HN at some stage): http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=92be899ef5a892c60b4a6cd97&id=8c868b3015&e=3d63374b46 http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=92be899ef5a892c60b4a6cd9... I would recommend you also look more specifically into where in New Zealand you want to live, or at least what sort of lifestyle you want. You can easily find a technology job in Auckland or Wellington (startups also tend to gravitate towards these cities), but that comes with higher costs and a certain degree of the rat-race lifestyle. There are small local companies and startups in the provinces, but pay (and costs) will be lower and opportunities are much fewer and far between. I myself just moved out of the provinces into Wellington, and so far i'm enjoying being in a bigger pool of developers and having more things to see and do in general, but I know people who have made the opposite move as well. Feel free to contact me if you need more info. EDIT: Of course if you manage to get a remote job, it won't matter much where you live, provinces or otherwise :-)

RobotCaleb 14y ago

I'm interested in hearing more about awesome companies in NZ. I've been interested in getting out there for a couple years now.

mrtrombone 14y ago
Not sure what the best way to research is. A couple of websites that might help: http://www.idealog.co.nz http://www.idealog.co.nz http://unlimited.co.nz/ http://unlimited.co.nz/ Few other high profile companies: http://www.vendhq.com http://www.vendhq.com http://www.silverstripe.com http://www.silverstripe.com http://www.optimalusability.com/ http://www.optimalusability.com/ http://www.rakon.com http://www.rakon.com http://www.starnow.com http://www.starnow.com http://www.smallworlds.com http://www.smallworlds.com
- RobotCaleb 14y ago
  Sweet, thanks! I've just been watching seek.co.nz, but the listings there are pretty mundane.
  - genbattle 14y ago
    The other main site for jobs in NZ is the Jobs section of trademe.co.nz (who themselves are a pretty cool little company to work far, or so I hear). As far as startups in particular I don't know of any particular website or anything that NZ startups accumulate around, although you might find the NZ Startup Digest interesting (I found it on HN at some stage): http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=92be899ef5a892c60b4a6cd97&id=8c868b3015&e=3d63374b46 http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=92be899ef5a892c60b4a6cd9... I would recommend you also look more specifically into where in New Zealand you want to live, or at least what sort of lifestyle you want. You can easily find a technology job in Auckland or Wellington (startups also tend to gravitate towards these cities), but that comes with higher costs and a certain degree of the rat-race lifestyle. There are small local companies and startups in the provinces, but pay (and costs) will be lower and opportunities are much fewer and far between. I myself just moved out of the provinces into Wellington, and so far i'm enjoying being in a bigger pool of developers and having more things to see and do in general, but I know people who have made the opposite move as well. Feel free to contact me if you need more info. EDIT: Of course if you manage to get a remote job, it won't matter much where you live, provinces or otherwise :-)