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In what world is this or any salary increase worth (constantly) working at night? Also if you work for a foreign company there are other things to consider in G

In what world is this or any salary increase worth (constantly) working at night? Also if you work for a foreign company there are other things to consider in Germany.. health insurance will be different, taxes will be even more complicated..

imbusy111 6y ago
I answered the author's question and provided a path. May not be the only path. Whether they want to do it is their decision. We highly encourage relocating to Canada so the engineer doesn't have to work at night and we take care of immigration. But staying in Berlin is possible.
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balfirevic 6y ago
The time difference is perfect for more extreme night owls, especially the 6 hour east coast difference. Edit: Also, to take your question a bit more literally - it's pretty easy to see how large enough salary difference would be worth it, since you can just retire after few years.
- fileeditview 6y ago
  The difference from 60k must be huge to retire after "a few years" though. Even if you live somewhere super cheap and don't spend any money and don't have any family to care for.. I should have phrased it differently. Of course there will be people that would do it. I am not one of them.
  - balfirevic 6y ago
    Yes, for retirement it would have to be something like 400K-500K, which seems to exist in the bay area but is probably not readily available remotely.
demarq 6y ago
I worked nights, it's pretty nice. Most people have never thought of it like this. You are awake both in the day and in the night. If you work during the day then all your freetime has to be spent at night. If you work at night, all your freetime gets to be spent in the glorious day, you know while people are out and about and shops/restaurants are open. remember you only sleep 8 hours at night, and to be fair in a US Europe situation your work hours merely overlap at night and it's most likely you work from 3pm to 10pm. so your time spend relaxing/working HAS NOT CHANGED. The quality of you relaxing time however has dramatically improved, and so has your working time. I'd tell anyone GO FOR IT.
- BrandoElFollito 6y ago
  I used to do that when working on my PhD in a research center. I started with lunch at 14:00 (right after waking up) then worked until dawn. Silence, availability of computers (it was in the 90's),peuple gong home around 17,... It means no life outside work of course, but I was there alone for three or five months and it was awesome.

imbusy111 6y ago

I answered the author's question and provided a path. May not be the only path. Whether they want to do it is their decision. We highly encourage relocating to Canada so the engineer doesn't have to work at night and we take care of immigration. But staying in Berlin is possible.

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balfirevic 6y ago

The time difference is perfect for more extreme night owls, especially the 6 hour east coast difference. Edit: Also, to take your question a bit more literally - it's pretty easy to see how large enough salary difference would be worth it, since you can just retire after few years.

fileeditview 6y ago
The difference from 60k must be huge to retire after "a few years" though. Even if you live somewhere super cheap and don't spend any money and don't have any family to care for.. I should have phrased it differently. Of course there will be people that would do it. I am not one of them.
- balfirevic 6y ago
  Yes, for retirement it would have to be something like 400K-500K, which seems to exist in the bay area but is probably not readily available remotely.

demarq 6y ago

I worked nights, it's pretty nice. Most people have never thought of it like this. You are awake both in the day and in the night. If you work during the day then all your freetime has to be spent at night. If you work at night, all your freetime gets to be spent in the glorious day, you know while people are out and about and shops/restaurants are open. remember you only sleep 8 hours at night, and to be fair in a US Europe situation your work hours merely overlap at night and it's most likely you work from 3pm to 10pm. so your time spend relaxing/working HAS NOT CHANGED. The quality of you relaxing time however has dramatically improved, and so has your working time. I'd tell anyone GO FOR IT.

BrandoElFollito 6y ago
I used to do that when working on my PhD in a research center. I started with lunch at 14:00 (right after waking up) then worked until dawn. Silence, availability of computers (it was in the 90's),peuple gong home around 17,... It means no life outside work of course, but I was there alone for three or five months and it was awesome.