Moved to Berlin 4 years ago as a software developer under similar conditions like yours. Things I like: - Berlin is nice city to live in, cheap to transport (b

Moved to Berlin 4 years ago as a software developer under similar conditions like yours. Things I like: - Berlin is nice city to live in, cheap to transport (bike, shared bikes/cars, nice public transport) - very cheap and good quality basic groceries - meat, dairies, pastry is really cheap with great basic quality and you can always go for organic and more expensive variants, cheap restaurants and bars, relatively inexpensive housing - Berlin has decent flight connections around Europe + easily reachable Amsterdam, Prague, Copenhagen by car - No crazy workaholic culture (nothing compared to the US), lot of holidays and taking a sick leave is easy and covered by law, 8 hours of work per day - Nice engineering meetups and community Things I dislike: - getting a decent apartment might be really difficult now days, even more difficult than getting a job - Berlin is not so visually pleasing - sometimes it's difficult if you dont speak german well - winter is not so cold but very dark and grey