johnomarkid

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   by johnomarkid 10y ago

   I don't want to go into how I got the visa, but I will say that most people get friends with German companies (even single person companies) to write contracts for them :) The contract simply has to state the project, date of future
2. 32.▲
   by johnomarkid 10y ago

   Absolute numbers. I saved at least 4 times as much in NYC. Don't take this to mean much since I am one data point.
3. 33.▲
   by johnomarkid 10y ago

   If you are a programmer/designer you can get a 3 year freelance visa in Berlin, Germany. I currently live in Berlin with that visa. Your standard of living in Europe will vary. Sure, some places offer free healthcare (not exactly free
4. 34.▲
   by johnomarkid 10y ago

   No frameworks, no boilerplate - this is a great idea. I've seen too many junior developers go straight into learning React/Redux, or using bootstrap, or plugging in some library like velocity.js. It's often easier, more effic
5. 35.▲
   by johnomarkid 10y ago

   A slack clone using firebase as a back end could touch on a lot of topics that would help you learn react inside and out - components, state management, routing, interacting with a server (ie firebase, but avoid the firebase-react library s
6. 36.▲
   by johnomarkid 10y ago

   I've lived in Berlin for 3 years and have never had to use German to interact with people in the startup community. Since a high number of startup founders/employees are from other european countries, it's more practical to u