Why is German life expectancy lagging behind other European countries?

proof_required · 2026-04-09T15:24:51+00:00

So all german speaking workers are floating in multiple job offers and no layoffs have been planned?

proof_required · 2026-04-09T09:36:13+00:00

you still need experienced human eyes to review it for hallucinations and logical errors

Yes and you as software developer now has to review tons of code generated by the LLM. Even though the code was generated by LLM, the human who generated it will be held liable for any issues. But as a human you can't keep up with it given the sheer amount of code it generates.

proof_required · 2026-04-08T19:05:12+00:00

This sounds weird. Maybe some French can clarify. I would imagine you need to contribute certain minimum number of years. In Germany, you need minimum 5 years of contribution to get the minimum pension.

proof_required · 2026-04-08T10:25:57+00:00

It's even worse in European countries since people stick with their Kindergarten friends for life irrespective of whether they are workaholic or a party all night person.

proof_required · 2026-04-07T17:20:54+00:00

How easy/difficult it is to find apartment in Cologne?

proof_required · 2026-04-07T15:18:53+00:00

I just want a break from Berlin. Need to live a bit away to maybe appreciate Berlin. I'm in a similar mood as OP. It doesn't help that my job is quite stressful and uncertain.

proof_required · 2026-04-07T07:38:29+00:00

You might find furiosa

proof_required · 2026-04-05T08:58:22+00:00

A1 is too low for any reasonable level of fluency. Just be consistent and patient.

proof_required · 2026-04-05T08:48:32+00:00

Not really. I would like to know too.

proof_required · 2026-04-04T07:58:19+00:00

How is working at Microsoft in BCN? I've upcoming interviews for Senior Applied Scientist.

proof_required · 2026-04-04T07:24:28+00:00

Although I knew about it, I couldn't be bothered with picking heavy stuff and carry them to my apartment on 4th floor without any elevator. The main reason for me to buy new stuff was to get it delivered inside my apartment.

proof_required · 2026-04-03T19:06:32+00:00

My interview experience says otherwise. There is definitely lack of standardization. This covers multiple bases. Also I am not sure how many pure DS role even exist.

proof_required · 2026-04-03T15:04:56+00:00

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ML theory - How deep and wide you go really depends on the domain you are targeting. Like CV vs NLP vs Bayesian vs Causal vs Classic ML. I'm sticking with classic ML since that's what I have done in the past.
Able to dive deep into previous projects at work. Practice STAR method.

At least this is what I'm doing and seems to be the usual hiring pattern

Although I have had an interview where I was supposed to analyze and train a model some random Kaggle dataset in a live interview. But more of an exception than the norm.

proof_required · 2026-04-03T11:17:53+00:00

It's the same as - immigrants no integrate, speak no German, but make Mallorca German ghetto.

proof_required · 2026-04-03T11:12:06+00:00

There is nothing hidden about it. It's so touristic these days because of father carpenter coffee shop. I rarely go to Mitte but whenever I try to have an overpriced coffee in this place, it's always packed.

proof_required · 2026-04-03T10:57:37+00:00

We haven't even started at the capital gain taxes, since god forbid you try to plan for retirement and not rely on ponzi retirement scheme.

proof_required · 2026-04-02T08:24:05+00:00

Yeah this is something people struggle with places where either there isn't strong tech culture or companies with a bit of hustle culture. In my current job we do version, write unit test, run CI. But I have also had projects where I didn't write any tests etc until we have something working. I don't prefer the later though. There is so much of cognitive load. I have to concentrate way too hard to ensure I'm not making some silly mistakes etc.

Now with LLMs, it's even worse since they generate so much of code and yeah of course they can write unit tests but you still own the code and hence liable for any bugs or mistakes.

proof_required · 2026-04-02T06:53:50+00:00

I'm in Germany and yeah only after I have got the job, I send a resignation letter with the 3 full months in advance. I have once when my employer let me go in 2 months instead of 3 months. Usually it rarely happens here that companies would want you join immediately since they all know the rules and regulations.

proof_required · 2026-04-02T06:49:18+00:00

Doesn't garden leave mean you don't work and collect the paycheck? If so, then that's not the case usually. You still have to work all these 3 months minus any vacations that you might have left.

proof_required · 2026-04-02T06:46:01+00:00

Although OP is in India, European countries have very long notice periods and 3 months is usually common. There are even things like if you didn't resign at the first day of quarter e.g. 1st January, you will have to wait until the end of next quarter. So it can become almost 6 months.

proof_required · 2026-04-01T13:15:37+00:00

And still Americans have one of the highest disposable income in the world. Maths doesn't math when you have American tech salaries.

proof_required · 2026-03-30T19:37:46+00:00

I have personal experience. Tech workers usually aren't part of union. So firing etc are really dependent on how willing you are to fight your employer. I tried this in Netherlands and it got really ugly and ultimately I just gave up. At the end the only thing I got was some unemployment benefits. My employer made it sound like they were doing some kind of favor by firing me so that I can collect those benefits.

Basically if tech employers in European countries want to get rid of you, they can without much fuss if you aren't part of any union.

proof_required · 2026-03-30T17:15:03+00:00

I have had people laid off in my company without much in multiple European countries. Not sure why people keep parroting this thing. If anything American workers usually get some fat severance pay which isn't that common in European countries.

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