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Not at all. I lived in the U.S for 10 years and relocated to Australia 3 years ago in 2014. While work-life balance is a lot better in Australia, it lacks overall opportunities available for a career progression. Australian recruiters are very very conservative. Majority of them haven't worked outside Australia and they strongly prefer Australian experience. Your U.S experience will only be valid if you relocate here on a 457 inter company visa. Even then, if you apply to other companies, they will strongly prefer a candidate with local experience.

My advice: Nothing beats the opportunities available in the United States. It is really a world leader in innovation and in creating new opportunities. Its a common saying in consulting projects in Australia: “Have a look at the industry trends in Europe and U.S as this is where we (AUS) will be a few years from now”

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Depends on your life’s priorities. Someone replied “Not at all” and the reasons he has mentioned are correct, if your first priority is a fast career progression. But then, not everyone wants just that.

If your sole focus is a fast growing career in IT, US (or even Singapore) is a better option for you. Australia won’t have as many job opportunities as US, EVER. That doesn’t mean though that you won’t have good options here. In fact, an average australian IT salary is higher than an equivalent salary in the US (but taxes are higher) . For someone who prefers finding that one good job and staying there, I would say Aus/US are the same.

But then work life balance is much better than US, education (Primary/Secondary) is better than US and Healthcare and general Social Welfare is better. So if you want a balanced quality life, specially if you have kids, Australia wins.

And most important, if you are on H1, then the constant fear of the unknown is a big put off. Australia wins outright in this. You apply for a PR (equivalent to the US Green Card) and if you match the requirements, you are accepted. And you don’t even need a employer to sponsor it. So you can enter the country as a Permanent Resident from day 1 (compare that with US where the “Permanent” is 12 years away in most cases)

To summarize, depends on what your priorities are, and there is no single right answer to this.

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