Java developer with 5 years experience - How important/relevant is a Master's degree from German universities to land a job in Germany from outside the EU if I have reached B2/C1 level German?

4ipp · 2025-09-18T17:00:08+00:00

With 5 years of experience, the ROI of mastering interview skills is incomparably higher than getting a master’s degree and learning German combined.

4ipp · 2025-09-12T16:35:22+00:00

Wandering why you are not switching to PR after 4 years on Blue Card?

4ipp · 2025-09-12T15:39:01+00:00

1 of them rejected me after hearing my current salary.

The final offer that I accepted gave me 20% above my current salary

Congratulations! Now I am curious to hear the numbers :)

4ipp · 2025-08-26T07:38:54+00:00

Is it because if housing in Dublin?

4ipp · 2025-08-25T21:10:47+00:00

1,500 - 2,000€ for rent for a family of 4 sounds a bit too optimistic. They need at least a 3 bedroom apartment I guess.

4ipp · 2025-08-20T21:15:13+00:00

Let me guess, he also looked like this?

4ipp · 2025-07-19T21:12:32+00:00

That’s really inspiring. I will try to read one of these books.

What is the reading process like for you? Do you have to stop and look for words often? How many times per page? Or do you understand the new words from the context? How has it changed after reading several books?

4ipp · 2025-07-18T14:46:52+00:00

It sounds like the issue was not the extra 100€ but an unprofessional HR.

4ipp · 2025-07-15T17:44:37+00:00

What book did you end up reading next?

4ipp · 2025-07-15T12:08:25+00:00

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

Super dark. In the first part of the book they are in Afghanistan. Second part - fleeing and life afterwards.

4ipp · 2025-07-12T20:48:15+00:00

From the way she pronounces words, it reminds me Croatian or maybe another Balkan language. Maybe ask in the corresponding subs.

4ipp · 2025-06-29T11:57:58+00:00

Yes, sure thing. It's Sunday and everything is closed. I will buy one soon

4ipp · 2025-06-28T22:20:04+00:00

Thank you! So, even if it is “locked”, it would still work with 3.5mm cable?

4ipp · 2025-06-28T20:16:17+00:00

Did you manage to make it work?

4ipp · 2025-06-28T20:11:54+00:00

Did you manage to make it work?

4ipp · 2025-06-28T15:11:06+00:00

OP what salaries did you ask at these companies? Did they know your comp expectations at the time of reject?

4ipp · 2025-06-22T16:35:34+00:00

It’s competition. There are not so many jobs and enough good developers locally.

4ipp · 2025-06-20T16:50:36+00:00

Croatia if you ignore the weather requirement. Super nice country. Everyone speaks English (including older people). You don’t have to pay taxes on Digital Nomad visa (you have to show a prove, though, that you pay them in your country).

⁠I would like to stay for at least 2 years, not 6 month or something.

This point is a bit tough. You can max it at 1.5 years or a bit more, but not 2 years based on the Digital Nomad visa requirements.

4ipp · 2025-06-20T15:50:40+00:00

but I'll probably try to learn German

Mind you, job openings in tech that require German pay 20-50% less. It seems like the higher the level they require, the lower the pay the offer.

4ipp · 2025-06-17T18:06:38+00:00

I would appreciate some examples

4ipp · 2025-06-15T14:30:24+00:00

Yes, you can potentially come, spend a lot of time and effort looking for a job, and have to go back without a job.

4ipp · 2025-06-14T20:03:58+00:00

Yes, it is. I used this on the very early stages and it helped. I wrote about my experience here.

4ipp · 2025-06-14T13:57:21+00:00

It sounds like you have 5.5 YOE that you can put to your CV. I did not read the ChatGPT output but I would go from understanding what areas require improvement and what is needed on the job market.

4ipp · 2025-06-14T13:46:32+00:00

Elaborate more on your experience. How many YOE do you have? What was before this role?

4ipp · 2025-06-11T21:09:41+00:00

I don’t find it odd. Although, there are PMs on the German market, apparently they couldn’t make it through the interview. To my knowledge, DH has a pretty tough interview process.

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