> but still have a noticeable German accent, never get any flak for that. My experience of working with Germans in tech is that the accent is actually an asset

> but still have a noticeable German accent, never get any flak for that. My experience of working with Germans in tech is that the accent is actually an asset. It's totally playing into a certain stereotype of all Germans being great engineers. "I mean...he is German...he must be smart!"