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My advice: move to Germany, like I did. Seriously, you always think of Germany as this technologically advanced country, but reality sets in pretty fast once y

by kleiba 1y ago

My advice: move to Germany, like I did. Seriously, you always think of Germany as this technologically advanced country, but reality sets in pretty fast once you live here. With respect to IT, Germany is a few years behind the US, maybe as much a 8-10 years. They've also for years been looking (rather unsucessfully) to attract more academics to relocate here. So, if you're willing to move continents, consider it. Just beware that the salaries are substantially lower for tech professionals - see parenthetical above.

selfmodruntime 1y ago
I heavily disagree. I live there. The Job market is very dry.
luckylion 1y ago
Salaries are lower, taxes and cost of living are relatively high. Companies are much more reluctant to hire because of how difficult it is to let people go. For larger companies, you need credentials to have a good chance at being hired. Outside of (expensive) metropolitan areas, English isn't too easy to get by with (forget about handling bureaucratic tasks in English). Can be good if you're fine with that, but it's definitely not as rosy as you make it out to be. And it's also not everyone's cup of tea to work in technologically underdeveloped economies and deal with fax machines.
ileonichwiesz 1y ago
> you always think of Germany as this technologically advanced country Do you? Germany is notorious for being a bit behind in many sectors of tech, notably financial stuff. They’re still figuring out the whole cash vs card thing - while in surrounding countries people don’t carry wallets anymore.
- stogot 1y ago
  Cash vs card thing? I hope we always have both
- kleiba 1y ago
  That specific example is not (only) because of technological issues though, it's also the way Germans feel about banks and trusting them. In general, people are a lot more worried about their privacy here, too.

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My advice: move to Germany, like I did. Seriously, you always think of Germany as this technologically advanced country, but reality sets in pretty fast once y

by kleiba 1y ago

selfmodruntime 1y ago
I heavily disagree. I live there. The Job market is very dry.
luckylion 1y ago
Salaries are lower, taxes and cost of living are relatively high. Companies are much more reluctant to hire because of how difficult it is to let people go. For larger companies, you need credentials to have a good chance at being hired. Outside of (expensive) metropolitan areas, English isn't too easy to get by with (forget about handling bureaucratic tasks in English). Can be good if you're fine with that, but it's definitely not as rosy as you make it out to be. And it's also not everyone's cup of tea to work in technologically underdeveloped economies and deal with fax machines.
ileonichwiesz 1y ago
> you always think of Germany as this technologically advanced country Do you? Germany is notorious for being a bit behind in many sectors of tech, notably financial stuff. They’re still figuring out the whole cash vs card thing - while in surrounding countries people don’t carry wallets anymore.
- stogot 1y ago
  Cash vs card thing? I hope we always have both
- kleiba 1y ago
  That specific example is not (only) because of technological issues though, it's also the way Germans feel about banks and trusting them. In general, people are a lot more worried about their privacy here, too.