By what measure were they the largest? I'm sure there were plenty of overseas devs that were on the level, and it depends on how you define 'independent'. Also Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was in no way a failure; it just wasn't AAA. And all of this has happened countless times overseas, it's not an Australian thing. Not just…
You really can't expect the schools to teach you everything. Going to school and participating isn't going to make you good enough for the industry anywhere in the world. As for skills, from what i've seen the medicore that get a job cling to that job with their life. The skilled work hard and move over seas. Its the same…