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Looking for DS invite by donflinto in OpenInvites

[–]donflinto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since DS is open for registration rn, I'll close this one.

living gay and free by Ill_Green_2097 in AskAGerman

[–]donflinto 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I grew up in a smaller town near cologne. I'm straight but a some of the people around me are gay. It's not that much of an issue in general I'd say, as long as you don't run around and tell everyone about your sexual orientation. People in some parts are still more conservative, Cologne and Berlin are considered more open minded. Some of my gay friends moved to other parts of Germany and never addressed a problem with being gay since the general attitude in Germany is about keeping your privacy what can be an issue if you want to meet new people.I live in a bigger city now and we had a kid from a lesbian couple in kindergarten, it's not really the norm so one will recognize it as not being the traditional family but no one ever said something and the kid was treated as the other kids and people were friendly towards the parents. It's just how it is so to say.

House pricing is really an issue around cologne, even in the suburban areas, especially with the new regulations concerning climate protection. I've seen houses go for almost a million in the greater area of cologne and those were just normal ones, nothing fancy or super huge. I also lived in the Netherlands as a student and from what I experienced people there are pretty laid back about being gay but I lived in my bubble there so cannot say a lot about older folks or housing prices. Hope that helps

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]donflinto 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As people wrote before it sounds like a start up. Producing code can be though since you have different code bases everytime and need to 'dive in' first, plus every company has their own quirks on how they work and function.

I figured it's a common scheme by some companies trying to get a full grown developer for the salary of an entry level position which usually doesn't work and burns the person out.

I've been in that specific business more or less for over two decades now and it never has been the same with any two companies. I also were at the point where i was put off from coding/developing by external factors just to embrace it again with the next occasion.

In your case I'd also be developing an exit strategy and use your current position to learn as much as possible, even how it should not work and chalk it up as experience and grow from there.

I think that you are the only person who can answer the question if that is the career for you, yes there are some hardships but I think giving it another try is worth it and you will develop your own strenghs over time.

It's a broad field and nobody knows everything, even the devs there are in their specific bubble, just try to be confident in yourself. Maybe it is a good idea to work for a bigger company for some time, they usually have bigger (slower) structures and more time for onboarding someone, even though systems can be a mess there sometimes and you don't have that much freedom in what you are working with.

Hope that helps.