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It made me irrationally happy to read your blog. Here in Germany it is impossible to find any company that uses Git or the like. Everywhere you see CVS (that is

by erikb 15y ago

It made me irrationally happy to read your blog. Here in Germany it is impossible to find any company that uses Git or the like. Everywhere you see CVS (that is the father of SVN) or maybe even NO versioncontrol at all. Sometimes there is a very modern company that has some part of their code in SVN (or is a start-up and has no big code base yet). Dreaming about using git for other things then playing around at home is too fantastic for me. Feel lucky that you can get your employers to change to git so easily! Btw. if anybody knows IT companys in or near Berlin, who use modern technologies like Python or Git, please (please!) tell me!

cool-RR 15y ago
Wow, that's depressing to hear. What happened to "Vorsprung durch Technik"?
- erikb 15y ago
  I would like to know about that, too. I think somewhere there must be some great, maybe small, companies in Berlin. It is just not that easy to find them.
- nimbix 15y ago
  Germans actually learned how to use SVN, so it works fine for them.
zwieback 15y ago
Maybe traditional VCS systems fit the German mindset, if such a thing really exists, better. Centralized, more structured, server-based and encouraging a more methodical workflow - seems like it might appeal to Germans. I grew up in Germany but spent most of my working life in the US. My experience is that the overall mentality of engineers in Germany is somewhat different, more of a focus on process and less on experimentation, but it's a matter of degrees. I'd be surprised if the percentage of shops using no version control is higher in Germany, though.
jurre 15y ago
I think soundcloud is hiring. It's mainly in ruby but from the sound of it it might be worth checking out for you :)
moeffju 15y ago
We're in Hamburg, if that qualifies, and we use Git. But so does almost every other startup I know. It's certainly not a German vs Others thing...

by erikb 15y ago

cool-RR 15y ago

Wow, that's depressing to hear. What happened to "Vorsprung durch Technik"?

erikb 15y ago
I would like to know about that, too. I think somewhere there must be some great, maybe small, companies in Berlin. It is just not that easy to find them.
nimbix 15y ago
Germans actually learned how to use SVN, so it works fine for them.

zwieback 15y ago

Maybe traditional VCS systems fit the German mindset, if such a thing really exists, better. Centralized, more structured, server-based and encouraging a more methodical workflow - seems like it might appeal to Germans. I grew up in Germany but spent most of my working life in the US. My experience is that the overall mentality of engineers in Germany is somewhat different, more of a focus on process and less on experimentation, but it's a matter of degrees. I'd be surprised if the percentage of shops using no version control is higher in Germany, though.

jurre 15y ago

I think soundcloud is hiring. It's mainly in ruby but from the sound of it it might be worth checking out for you :)

moeffju 15y ago

We're in Hamburg, if that qualifies, and we use Git. But so does almost every other startup I know. It's certainly not a German vs Others thing...