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Is it just the capitals / large cities that struggle? There must be pockets of talent all over the UK and Europe. I particularly don't want to move to a capita
by ed209 14y ago
Is it just the capitals / large cities that struggle? There must be pockets of talent all over the UK and Europe.
I particularly don't want to move to a capital / large city. But I would move for a company based near the coast for example.
- Xylakant 14y agoHamburg is close to the coast, not too big and from what I've heard a couple of startups make a nice living there. The german variant of Über is based in HH IIRC. I don't actually think that Berlin is struggling. It's hard to hire as a small company because there's bigger fish in the pond that can offer better pay/more interesting projects but if you're at least semi-well connected you should be doing ok. It's just that Berlin has been extremely cheap for quite a while and is now catching up to what I actually regard as a rather average level. The cited example of a PHP Dev with 2 years experience and a 180K wage is certainly an outlier. Experienced devs should probable average at around 60K/year, costing the employer at around 100K.
- ed209 14y agoLove Hamburg, a great place for sure (I freelance there). Although best kitesurfing spot is about 150km up the road at st peter-ording. But actually I meant Uk coast to stay near family :)