Hi Greg, I know of a kiwi who is setting up a busienss in Germany, not sure if its PHP or other - but try [email protected]
Paul On Jul 5, 9:30 pm, gregor brabyn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]
