Tech IndustrySep 27, 2018
UberSbvshshcsj

New grad: Work in the Bay or work in Germany

For a swe. Bay Area: fast growing, series d startup. Seems to be on track for success. From what I’ve heard great work culture. Higher impact, cool work. TC 165k. Germany: large well known company, satellite office. Less of an impact, work culture not that great, less opportunity to grow and move up. Work isn’t as sexy but I’ll still probably enjoy it since I did work for this team on an internship. TC hasn’t been given but assume its very low. Probably less than half of a Bay Area TC. I’m either missing out on a great “safe” opportunity to kick start my career, learn lots, and make lots of $$, or miss an opportunity to live in Europe which I might not get again (I’m from North America). Neither company is Uber btw - this is an old acc.

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Netgear H66G Sep 27, 2018

Germany would be way more fun in your 20s

Uber meowimacat Sep 27, 2018

Just curious do you know German?

Uber Sbvshshcsj OP Sep 27, 2018

No. It’s in a major city where “basically everyone can speak English” - my friend who lived there for a year.

Juniper Pliny Jr. Sep 28, 2018

Berlin?🇩🇪

Apple 👨🏻‍💻☕️ Sep 27, 2018

Germany sounds fun but then it teases you for being a stupid non-German and tells you to suck it up and take slave wages in the name of solidarity. The correct answer is to take a manly TC in the USA and rub it in their smug work-life balancing faces during your glorious two weeks of paid vacation.

Oracle farthard Sep 27, 2018

Germany is one of the best places to work and enjoy. If you want to work hard go for the startup. Id you want to have a life, go to Germany

Akamai Technologies Wolet587 Sep 27, 2018

Where in Germany OP? If it’s Berlin, go. If it’s Munich, don’t.

Google zTba60 Sep 28, 2018

Why not Munich out of curiosity?

Akamai Technologies Wolet587 Sep 28, 2018

For me, having been there many times and lived in the Bay, it is no way in the same category as far as metropolitan, night life, diverse, or as welcoming. Berlin and Hamburg are closer to what you can find in the Bay.

Juniper Pliny Jr. Sep 28, 2018

Yes. Take Germany. You'll have sex with women way above your pay grade and grab a wife that'll make your friends jealous. You'll have the time of your life and you won't work that hard. Win/win/win.

Uber meowimacat Sep 29, 2018

That's not a given though lol