Thanks for all your replies. Cheers Greg
--- On Mon, 4/7/11, Jochen Daum <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jochen Daum <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [phpug]Finding work in Germany > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 4 July, 2011, 10:55 > Hi, > > > Another thing that people anecdotally said was that > Berlin wasn't the best > > city to be looking for web dev work in. I think > partially due to Berlin > > being chock full of immigrants and travellers, there's > a lot more > > competition for the temporary / contract roles and > there are others prepared > > to work for less than you are. I was told there was > more IT work happening > > in Köln or Frankfurt. This probably doesn't help > much. > > I can second that. Couple of my German school friends are > in IT and > they all say Frankfurt and Munich regions are the power > houses, > especially if you are looking for highly paid work (which > means you > need to try less harder on the continuation and hours. > > > > > That aside, Berlin is a fantastic place to live. We > had so much fun there, > > and my appetite for Kiwi beer has been permanently > tainted. > > > > Also If anyone turns up at your door with a clipboard, > pretend that you > > don't speak German or English. They come round every > so often to check your > > TV or Wifi network, which they impose big levies on. > Kinda like the > > broadcasting fee thing that we used to have here. > > Yep, good old GEMA, wondering if they get ever rid of > it..... > > > Also recommend that you use Xing, or there is a freelancer > site called > gulp.de - however you need to pay for membership. As > everywhere, it is > always about relationships. You can crash a couple of BNI > meetings > (www.bni.de) as well, usually you will just have to pay for > breakfast. > > > HTH, Jochen > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
