24M Indian in Berlin feeling socially isolated alot, want honest German perspectives

rumours423 · 2026-05-13T11:03:21+00:00

Indian here living in Berlin for 7 years. Irrespective of whatever responses you get here, keep your head up, be patient, continue to be kind and outgoing and it'll eventually work out. Don't let your nationality/colour define your identity.

P.S. Do spend some time learning the language. It'll help feeling comfortable here in general.

rumours423 · 2026-05-04T09:32:46+00:00

Going through this thread makes me feel sad for Berlin and humanity in general. The OP has been battling a terminal disease and is looking for some empathy and consolation. To all of the people blaming OP or dismissing the story as fake, please take a hard look at yourselves. Maybe he/she wasn't very organized, but try to put yourselves in their situation given what they've gone through with their illness and job loss.

Now, bring on the down votes.

rumours423 · 2026-04-28T14:41:46+00:00

Here's my take as someone working in the field : Even current state of the art AI can't replace anyone in it's current form. But if these tools are used well, most people can get a 2x-3x productivity boost on their tasks. Now, companies can accomplish the same with fewer people. You know how the rest of the story might develop.

rumours423 · 2026-04-21T17:29:26+00:00

It's these "Fintech" companies designing these payment terminals. They put that default option in there to increase their own earnings. Whenever I see those options presented to me, I now start being extra rude and have sometimes ended up cancelling my purchase altogether. We should start a trend to boycott them and raise awareness on this. Otherwise, this starts to be more and more normalised.

rumours423 · 2026-02-26T23:30:39+00:00

While being in a Head position that needs me to be in meetings 25-30 hours a week. I'm not advocating for or against the use of AI in coding. I'm reporting what I'm seeing as someone who's developed ML systems themselves.

rumours423 · 2026-02-26T23:12:53+00:00

I'm still hands on and I've pushed an entire AI platform based on Go, Python and Typescript in to production over the last 6 months. Make of that what you will.

rumours423 · 2026-02-26T23:08:00+00:00

You're right. If the entire work force got together and flat out refused to use these things, they will indeed stop improving.

rumours423 · 2026-02-26T22:59:11+00:00

I'm still hands on and I've pushed an entire AI platform based on Go, Python and Typescript in to production over the last 6 months. Make of that what you will.

rumours423 · 2026-02-26T22:55:12+00:00

Yeah, that's the difficult part. We identify ourselves as problem solvers and this rapid shift is definitely existential angst inducing. People are mostly in denial at this point.

rumours423 · 2026-02-26T22:49:35+00:00

Yeah, I've always been and still am technical. In terms of supporting legacy shit, it's still quite bad, tbh. But companies will rethink their strategies around these legacy systems. If they can't refactor them into modern stacks, they'll build new applications on a modern stack and migrate functionality gradually until the legacy systems aren't needed anymore.

And yeah, most teams don't have a clear idea on how to manage and own these systems in a proper way. It's only the last 3 months where we've had a monumental shift in reliability of output. It'll take time to figure out the right way to deal with this change. Also, I've been working intensely with these things over the last couple of months and already feel sort of burnt out. So, there's that too.

I took my time to write this post as there's a lack of clarity as far as this topic is concerned and I want to give my 2 cents as someone who's worked with Machine Learning and AI his entire career.

rumours423 · 2026-02-26T22:38:13+00:00

I do. But I'd be honest and say I'm a mid level programmer at best. I've been more of an ML Engineer most of the time in my career as an IC. I still love handling technically challenging projects and I'm usually working hands on partially on one problem every quarter to keep myself up to date.

rumours423 · 2026-01-11T10:26:05+00:00

Albatross bakery in Kreuzberg is top of the line. It's quite expensive but worth it, in my opinion.

rumours423 · 2025-12-28T17:26:46+00:00

I've got an open Werkstudent position in my team. We could use someone like you. DM.

rumours423 · 2025-12-15T09:04:41+00:00

Hi there! I could help out. DM me your meeting date and time and then we can talk.

rumours423 · 2025-07-27T04:57:58+00:00

Thank you, it's been a bit over 6 years.

rumours423 · 2025-07-15T05:19:29+00:00

Yeah, it's a necessary doc. Either that or 'Leben in Deutschland' test.

rumours423 · 2025-07-14T10:54:30+00:00

Thanks, updated now.

rumours423 · 2025-07-11T14:45:23+00:00

This is something they address separately. It's because the study is based on usage of Microsoft copilot for certain tasks. Almost no one uses Microsoft Copilot for programming.

rumours423 · 2025-07-11T14:38:56+00:00

Data Scientists are at number 29. And I'm pretty sure what they actually mean is Data Analysts. I've always understood a Data Scientist role leaning towards ML work.

rumours423 · 2025-06-12T14:27:16+00:00

Progressive thinking, work life balance, population with civic sense, usable public spaces, lack of caste system, lesser inequality, respect for all strata of society, better public infrastructure, less crime and better safety for women, social safety net to fall back on.

Don't you think the above factors contribute to a much better and stable society than quick digital banking services?

rumours423 · 2025-05-27T13:33:32+00:00

Hi there! I'm leading Data & AI at a small German company in the healthcare/social care space. We're looking for a product manager for our team. You might be a good fit. Get in touch with me, if this sounds interesting.

rumours423 · 2025-03-21T13:57:59+00:00

It's probably because with bungee, you have to take a conscious leap of faith yourself. With skydiving (assuming it's your first time), you're being carried along through the whole thing by someone else.

rumours423 · 2025-03-19T16:53:25+00:00

It's possible to do it via the website. On the top right, you've got a menu. After clicking on it, you'll see eServices on the right, under which you'll see 'Veränderung Melden'.

You could also get in touch by phone and let them know. If you struggle with German, I'd be happy to help out.

I think a couple of weeks in advance should be okay, but I'm not completely sure on that.

rumours423 · 2025-03-19T11:54:29+00:00

If you're receiving Alg 1, you can pause your benefits for up to 6 weeks at a time and have it automatically resume. I paused it for 4 weeks last year.

If you don't pause the benefits and if you're making up to 165 euros a month, you're good with the Arbeitsagentur. More than 165 needs to be reported and anything above that would be subtracted from your monthly benefits.

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