I also did something similar - moving to Vienna, Austria a bit more than four years ago (at the age of twenty-one). In the first four-five months I just took G

I also did something similar - moving to Vienna, Austria a bit more than four years ago (at the age of twenty-one). In the first four-five months I just took German courses (I started learning it at home but not very intensely). After that I started looking for a job, which wasn't too hard (programmers can find a job in any city above a certain minimum level of size and wealth). I simply did the same thing I'd do anywhere - searched in internet job boards and quickly enough I found one. I'm currently in my fourth job here (yeah I know, four jobs in a bit more than four years is quite a lot) and it never took me very long to find a new job after I quit the first one. I think that if you really want to do it and don't have anything holding you back (like a family that depends on you) you should just give it a try. The worst thing that can happen is that you'll be miserable and come back home after a couple of months. The only thing you really need to do beforehand is to save enough money so that you aren't stressed out about finding a job right off the bat. I can move somewhere else right now, and other than in prohibitively expensive places like Manhattan or London, I can live for a year before my savings run out. And I don't really earn that much.