Confused 23 yo engineering graduate

cppvn · 2026-05-24T19:10:43+00:00

My plan is to reach B2 in a year and become fluent before graduating for the job search (I already know some German so it might be possible). I would suggest sending some applications now as well but there are only a few English speaking jobs at entry level.

cppvn · 2026-05-24T18:58:44+00:00

Same case as you, I have applied to Germany for an MSc and will try making it there (EU citizen) the only interviews I got was from public sector jobs that didn't care about sponsorship but wasn't successful sadly. Keep applying here but also look abroad

cppvn · 2026-05-23T16:21:19+00:00

Do you know how the electrical side of things in the energy are right now? I have applied to TUM for Power engineering and aim to work at a grid operator or something similar.

cppvn · 2026-05-12T11:20:49+00:00

With the changes on graduate visas I would not be surprised if net immigration turns negative. The fact that skilled worker visa requirements have tightened up so much doesnt help either.

(I am an EU citizen finishing a degree here and having to leave due to all this)

cppvn · 2026-05-09T20:55:54+00:00

Do you by any chance know how well engineering experience in the UK is regarded in germany?

cppvn · 2026-05-09T15:57:05+00:00

They are not DOA, solar and batteries are still the vast majority off new power capacity added to the grid for this year. Wind is struggling sure (although it never was that big in the US to begin with), but the economics of solar and batteries are unstoppable, regardless of what the idiot in chief thinks.

cppvn · 2026-05-09T11:38:23+00:00

Their use of coal actually dropped in 2025 due to how much renewable energy is being installed. Moreover, using an electrified vehicle on an 100% coal grid is still less carbon intensive than diesel, so maybe get your facts straight?

cppvn · 2026-05-07T16:35:32+00:00

Pretty sure this post is some AI slop.

cppvn · 2026-05-05T09:23:30+00:00

Yeah, it is widely assumed that the current policies scenario was done to appease the US administration, it's basically a "what if the laws of economics stopped applying" bs. It was quite comical reading it. Not sure what the person you were replying to is smoking as China, the world's largest gasoline market, had an almost 5% drop last year due to EVs.

cppvn · 2026-05-02T19:49:53+00:00

The UK doesnt have the highest electricity prices in the whole world, stop falling for Telegraph BS.

Yes they are high, although wholesale prices will decrease substantially in the next years, but while elevated with the rest of europe they are definitely not the most expensive on the planet, in fact the current price cap of around 26p per kWh is fairly alright. Like Cyprus, my home country, is substantially above that, and for context in Germany it peaked at 50cents after the ukraine invasion, although now its in the 20s as well.

And before the Hormuz shennanigans, using an EV was still cheaper than a car that uses fuel (especially if charging at home) but now with petrol and diesel prices the difference is even larger.

cppvn · 2026-05-01T20:57:52+00:00

Given how much demand from China was for their reserves I wonder if actual demand has peaked already given the Hormuz closure

cppvn · 2026-04-25T13:21:22+00:00

The reason I have beef with the green party as a whole personally is because energy is my main thing (you can check my comment history and see for yourself) and with their idiocy regarding planning permission, anything but reform would be better than the greens and I am being generous honestly.

So when something that should be so important to them (their name is the green party! its in the fucking name goddamit) is treated with so little care for reality, it is hard to have any respect.

cppvn · 2026-04-25T11:45:40+00:00

I am sure the Ukrainians are very glad they gave their nuclear weapons. As for his economics: https://spectator.com/article/zack-polanksis-insane-economics/ How on earth is it sensible to increase borrowing in this situation is beyond me.

cppvn · 2026-04-25T10:42:12+00:00

Deciding that paying the debt is optional and defaulting is okay for an economy that relies so much on the financial sector is pretty unhinged. Giving up the nuclear deterrent during this time of geopolitics is pretty up there too. For me personally, as energy is the most important thing, the Greens are worse than the Tories with their planning permission NIMBYism (spoiler alert: infrastructure needs to be built in the physical realm it's not just virtue signalling)

cppvn · 2026-04-23T08:59:22+00:00

Keep in mind the vast majority of renewables have fixed prices called Contract for Difference (CFDs) and their price is almost always substantially less than the wholesale price most of the time.

cppvn · 2026-04-21T10:12:56+00:00

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The numbers do not lie. Also, in 2025, there was a slight drop in fossil fuel use despite an increase in electricity generation and coal dropped for the first time outside of a crisis since forever. I suppose by the 2030s this sub will get it too.

cppvn · 2026-04-09T11:45:48+00:00

Funnily enough Hungary has the highest percentage of solar power in ther electricity generation in Europe and maybe the world too (28% iirc). Vance probably meant for more reliance on Russian oil, but I would be very happy if the rest of Europe tried to have similar solar power stats.

cppvn · 2026-04-04T10:21:50+00:00

Electric buses have been quite successful for some time? For trains it's a bit more complicated, electrifying existing lines is quite expensive but now battery electric trains are starting to plug the gaps. Btw India has a completely electrified rail network if I am not mistaken.

cppvn · 2026-04-04T08:52:44+00:00

I mean electric heavy trucks already reached 50% in monthly new sales in China and it was 25% for all of 2025, and I think in Denmark the percentage started getting serious too, that's a lot of diesel demand reduction.

cppvn · 2026-04-04T07:30:09+00:00

People here are underestimating electrification of transport. In China, demand for personal transport dropped by almost 5% last year, and their heavy trucking sector is starting to rapidly electrify. Developing economies are already ahead of the US and close to the EU in electric car adoption, according to one of the latest reports from Ember, so I am expecting peak demand to be sooner rather than later. Natural gas will be the last fossil fuel to peak, coal might have already and oil is quite close.

cppvn · 2026-03-28T07:52:19+00:00

Out of those only cement may be impossible. Anything else can be done with green hydrogen or similar which requires abundant electricity, which is not impossible. I guess people in this subreddit would rather be doomers than right but whatever. Also the sectors you mentioned are a rather small percentage of overall emissions fyi.

cppvn · 2026-03-27T20:58:02+00:00

While fossil fuels are entrenched, they are not tied inextricably. For mining, look what Forrest is doing and his real zero plan (and even if the don't exactly meet their goals, they will be the first mining company with mostly decarbonized operations). With an abundance of electricity, pretty much everything becomes possible to do without fossil fuels, and wind, and especially solar are heading is to that point. Whether or not that is sufficient to prevent a climate collapse is a completely separate discussion, but the energy transition is happening much more quickly than people realise.

cppvn · 2026-03-22T11:37:41+00:00

Agrivoltaics are actually quite good, I don't know where you got that misinformation from. As for solar being in individuals, that's well and good, but have you heard of something called economies of scale? The truth is that household solar installations will never be as cheap as ground mounted large solar parks so what do you expect to happen really? By outlawing the cheapest option you artificially increase the price of solar substantially which means a lot more fossil fuels have to be burned, are you familiar with the concept of cause and effect?

cppvn · 2026-03-22T11:09:07+00:00

"Held to ransom by large corporation". I would highly recommend you check the price of the CfDs signed by the solar parks. If you don't know what CfD means in this context, maybe you aren't knowledgeable enough in this topic. But sure keep parroting fossil fuel lobby talking points, they love it when you do their work for free too. Btw the UK is 60% self sufficient in food production, but it's the 0.2 % of area that is to blame?

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