I started looking for SAP functional roles in Germany about a month ago. Had a few interviews and ended up accepting an offer from a big pharma company—mainly because it’s just one day a week in the office and the role felt like a good fit. They offered €90k fixed plus a €10k bonus, which was actually more than what I originally asked for (€85k), so I went with it. Now, a bit unexpectedly, one of the other companies I interviewed with came back with a new offer—€110k fixed and a €15k bonus. Definitely made me think. I’m sticking with the company I signed with because the role feels right, but it got me wondering—has anyone else had this happen? Accepted an offer and then got a better one afterwards? What did you do?

Tl dr: Got a job offer signed contract, received a higher offer

Hello everyone!

I have been working in Germany for this midsize (~1000 employees worldwide) IT company as a Werkstudent (working student) for about 4 years now and I'm thinking of going full time with them, after I'm finished with my Masters in a couple of months.

After researching online, a typical junior SWE with little to no work experience earns around 50k €. I would say I'm a pretty good employee, not the very best, but alright. I can do all the tasks my boss sends me and can integrate to the team well. I also speak fluent german.

They have offered me a full time position and I have an interview with them in a couple of days. I'm pretty sure they will ask me about my salary expectations (Gehaltsvorstellung).

Would it be fair if I said that I expect my starting salary to be 55k € or even 60k € ? Does Werkstudent experience count here in Germany?

Would love to hear your inputs :)

PS: this company is located in NRW, and in a not so big city. I am also a Non-EU guy.

I am currently working at an HPC center in Germany but I want to move on from this position because the location is terrible and it is only a temporary contract, and I feel like most of the experience I am gaining here is making me unemployable because it is so far from what the industry requires.

I have 1YOE and my portfolio is not good enough to apply directly at NVIDIA. I would like to do something technical, ideally math heavy and with also strong focus on parallel programming and optimizations.

What kind of employers should I be seeking out?

Hello everyone, iam in my early stage of my career...now I have a two choice to kickstart my career. 1.data engineering 2.software engineering (typical sde roles like java ,MERN,React).

Need advice or opinion and pros and cons of both tech field.

My preference are, 1.High pay job, 2.Large openings (easy to switch), 3.Opportunities in Product based firms 4.faster career progression

One more question: is that possible to switch data engineering to SDE like java,MERN after 3 year of experience without pay cut,is that easy process? How can I map my DE to SDE ?

Which you guys suggest?

Hello everyone,

This is my first time posting here, and I could really use some advice. I’m currently trying to decide between two job offers, and I’m feeling pretty torn.

The first offer is from Amazon for an L5 role in Madrid, which is a city I personally prefer. The second offer is from Google for an L3 role in Munich. While the Amazon role is at a higher level and in my preferred location, the Google offer comes with a higher salary and better benefits.

I’ve outlined the details below for comparison, and I’d really appreciate any insights or advice to help me make this decision.

Thank you in advance!

Amazon Offer:

Location: Madrid, Spain

Role: SDE II(L5)

TC: ~95000€ per year

Relocation support: Yes

Paperwork: Less

Google Offer:

Location: Munich, Germany

Role: SWE II(L3)

TC: ~132000€ per year

Relocation Support: Yes

Paperwork: More

About me: I have 3 YOE in full stack development. Currently working at a startup in Bilbao, Spain.

Hello,

I am at consulting company A (1 year now), which offers me to consulting company B, whose client is a bank.

The code is Java and 95% of it consists of either Spring Batch micro-services or FIX message processing with some JMS provider (kafka, activemq, tibco), very similar to batches. We use Spring Data JPA, JDBC, MongoDB.

In my free time I learned Angular (v18, v19) and testing with Playwright and developed my own project paired with a Spring Web API, Spring Data JPA (Hibernate), Spring Security for some basic auth with JWTs, some AOP aspects, etc., and deployed it to a VPS.

I have spoken to my supervisor at B that I want to work for B directly, gave my CV and showed my project, and now I'm waiting for a response.

A coworker joined at B, with exactly 1 YOE, and told us he got 32k€ before taxes. I am making 23k€ before taxes.

I looked at job postings in my country's main job website and LinkedIn, but it's hard to find ones that require 1 year exp, most are at 2 or more for 26k-40k for full-stack positions.

I've said to my supervisor I'm interested in a full-stack project with Java + Angular and was told great, they might be getting a client that requires it.

I do not want less than the coworker, but I am afraid I will get gaslighted into believing it's too much.

I also know front-end with Angular, while coworker does not.

Any advice regarding what salary should I ask for is very appreciated! I'm worried if I ask for like 36-38k I will get laughed at (I'm in Spain).

Thank you!

I am a mobile app developer, I am wondering whether if I should upgrade my Mac before it potentially get more expensive. I don't really need one right now, what are your thoughts on this?

Hi

Please can I have some advice, I need career advice.

I have a 2:1 in my psychology undergraduate degree (from UK).

I want to get into tech, and AI.

Ideally into roles that will survive AGI and have good salaries and longevity.

I’m thinking of doing my MSc in:

Behaviour science

AI and computational neuroscience and cognition

Ai and ethics

Human computer - interaction

Data science and AI

Which of these is the best for a future proof career? I know I would need to continuously learn on the job

I have 5 YOE and just failed three interview processes in a row.

The common denominator is these all had live coding Leetcode problems where I solved them more optimally than brute force but still did not have the most optimal solution. They seemed happy with my solution in the interview but still did not progress me, so I no longer believe "it's not pass or fail, it's to see how you think".

When I interviewed for my past few roles, the technical assessment was either a take home or building a simple project live. This was seriously a breeze compared to the interviews I have now. Now it seems like Leetcode is being asked for even in non-FAANG and bang average companies.

I accept that I will ultimately need to start brushing up on my Leetcode skills, so it is what it is, but has anyone else also noticed this across the board or have I just been unlucky?

They basically want me to make a Movies CRUD MVC app (with pagination, filtering, and search), using Clean Architecture, hand-rolled authentication, Dapper, and 3 tables that relate with each other. They also added a bonus point for an addon.

I told them I'm not familiar with Clean Architecture, and they were like "that's cool, just use AI". So this is where we are, huh?

Hey everyone, I have been interviewing for the last 2 months for English speaking data engineering positions in Germany. Last week I got 3 offers and verbally set the final terms for them and I have to choose one now as they all are waiting for my decision.

For context, I am a data engineer with 2 years of full time and 2 years of internship/HIWI experience in data engineering with bachelors degree.

• Offer 1:
  • 72k Salary
  • Small German company (75 employees) in Munich
  • Hybrid (1 day in office)
  • Note: the company had a huge layoff round last year and are not profitable yet, they have to raise small amount of money in 8 months.
• Offer 2:
  • 65k Salary
  • Huge American Company (150k employees) in Wuppertal
  • on-site (5 day in office)
  • Note: they have workers council and seem the safest company in my offers with regards to layoffs.
• Offer 3:
  • 70k salary (75k after probation)
  • Medium size company in Hamburg
  • Hybrid (2 days in office)
  • Note: they have the nicest perks of all

I would love to hear your opinion as well about whether these offers are fair or not and which one your think is the best?

Thanks in advance

I’m currently deciding between two potential job offers in Europe (still waiting on one final interview outcome), and I’d love some outside perspective. I've already had 5+ work experience in data.

Job A - Business Analyst

Company is in the Netherlands, they'll sponsor a work visa, which means in 3 years I'd be available for permanent residence/passport. (I'm an non-eu who lives in NL 2 years already) The work is relevant, the tech is fine, and the manager seems great—I feel like I could learn a lot from him.

But the team seems very quiet and reserved. (Other teams look great though) I didn’t really feel any spark or connection during the interviews, which left me a bit uneasy.

Job B - Business Intelligence Analyst

A larger company in Belgium (French speaking area). I'll begin with a freelance contract. The interview experience was warm, the people were incredibly helpful and kind—even when I messed up some basic SQL questions. The work is exciting and more aligns with my long-term goal: becoming a well-rounded BI freelancer/consultant.

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The logical choice will be A, security of visa and stable salary. I'd feel stupid if i turn it down.

But I can’t shake the feeling that I’d be happier—and learn more essential BI skills—at Job B. And I know I'd move to Belgium once I secured an EU passport. Living in Brussels and speaking French is something I really want to do. And honestly, I’m not sure I can thrive in an environment where I don’t vibe with the people I work with. Three years is a long time.

Has anyone made a similar choice? Do you prioritise cultural fit when choosing a role? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you :D

Hello everyone. I m currently a data engineer and i have a proposal for a product owner. I m curious, if any product owner here would provide me their impression of the work. Do you like it? Have do you do in the daily life? Do you do meetings all day? What are the future projections? For example, i m currently a data engineer. My work is really easy to manage weekly and daily. Which does have a better future perspective between data engineering & product owner?

I've been unemployed now for 7 months. I am not in a dire financial situation because I worked for 10 years in my previous role so my redundancy was extremely generous, but I'm worried what impact my CV gap is going to have.

The problem is that my career has been varied and a master of none. I started off as a junior developer but then moved into project management before going back to platform development. All in all I'd say I have about 3 years java engineering, 2 in DevOps and 5 in project management/defect management/implementation analyst. I've been looking for a mid-level java/DevOps role since September but not getting much luck, have had a bare few interviews but mostly just been ghosted after applying directly from linkedin alerts. So I guess my questions are:

1) should I just make it a year out and say I went travelling or what not, and concentrate on getting my DevOps certificates instead?

2) could I perhaps break into engineering manager instead, as there seems to be many more roles there?

3) is the job market better in mainland Europe, Dubai or Asia?

Happy to share my CV if needed.

Would it be possible to switch majors at Howest? I am trying to keep my options open incase I end up not liking the course i chose which is cybersecurity.

Ps: I am not sure if this is the correct community. If not please point me to the correct community.

Hi all,

I recently completed the HackerRank challenge TikTok Recommendation Engine for the Squarespace Frontend Software Engineering Internship - Summer (JavaScript) in Dublin, and I successfully passed it. A few days later, I had a recruiter phone screen interview, which I felt went well. Now I have the technical interview coming up.

If anyone could share any hints or insights on what to expect during this interview, I’d really appreciate it!

Also, if you're preparing for this same internship and looking for tips on the initial stages (HackerRank or recruiter screen), I’d be happy to share what helped me.

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, I’m Madhuri, a Full Stack Developer (Java + Angular) with 5 years of experience from India. I’ve been in Germany for over a year now and actively applying for jobs—but it’s been tough. My LinkedIn is open to work, and I’ve applied to dozens of jobs with no real traction.

I’ve seen many bootcamps offering “job guarantee” and some are AZAV-certified (like Code Labs Academy, Techstarter, DCI etc.) that say you can fund them using the Bildungsgutschein from Agentur für Arbeit.

But after reading Reddit and reviews online, I’m confused. Are these bootcamps actually helpful in Germany? Do German employers take them seriously on a resume?

I’m really looking for a structured path to improve my job chances—not just theory or tutorials. Would love to hear from anyone who: • Did a bootcamp and got a job in Germany • Got the Bildungsgutschein approved by Agentur für Arbeit • Has better suggestions to land a tech job as a non-EU full stack dev in Germany

Any help, honest advice, or experiences would mean the world to me! Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Thanks for all the comments so far! To clarify, I’ve completed B1 German and am currently learning B2 to improve my chances. Also, some of you suggested pursuing a degree here—while I’d consider it, I’m worried about investing another 1-2 years. For those who’ve done it, what’s the process like for a non-EU person to get a degree in Germany, and is it worth it for tech jobs?

What do you think that the response to the American tariffs by the EU will be?

US is dominant in the tech industry and this is why they placed tariffs on physical goods only.

What happens when there is a tariff on just Microsoft products/services let alone all the US tech services/products?

Has anyone else applied to the associate software engineer role with Pleo that was posted mid February? I had an initial call with a recruiter at the beginning of March and was told they’d be in touch soon to schedule the technical interview but I haven’t heard anything since. I’ve tried to check in via email but nothing. Is anyone else in the same boat or have moved further?

I'm an international student currently in my penultimate year of university and am in a dilemma between 2 internship offers (both based in UK).

My future aspirations are to work in a backend software engineering role in big tech/finance/quant (so need some flexibility long-term). Here are the options:

1. HubSpot: Software Engineer Intern (Frontend, even though I applied & interviewed for Backend (no spaces))

• Pros:
  • Very good brand name for big tech
  • Better location
  • Better compensation
• Cons:
  • Not relevant experience for my future aspirations (backend)
  • Return offers pretty much non-existent
  • Non-big tech companies may not recognise it as much(?)

1. Capital One: Software Engineer Intern (most likely backend API Services/Data, but not 100% guaranteed)

• Pros:
  • Role likely aligned with my future aspirations (backend)
  • Good return offer rate + can sponsor
  • Good brand name for most companies(?)
• Cons:
  • Backend not 100% guaranteed; could get matched to a frontend team.
  • Worse location (but could ask for return offer for better location)
  • Worse compensation

If HubSpot was backend, that would probably be my choice. But it being frontend makes it harder. As I mentioned, I am in my penultimate year, so I will likely apply for grad roles and am happy with return offers, which Capital One is the most likely for by a large margin. Much better for me as an international as well. Although I might potentially do a Master's and apply to internships again next cycle.

Hi all,

I'm currently exploring tech job opportunities in Paris or fully remote roles based in France. I'm an EU citizen, so no visa needed, and my French is A2 level (DELF) — basic conversational and improving.

I specialize in backend development, with hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure, .NET, and distributed systems. I've worked across Fintech, Retail, and Startup environments.

Would love advice on:

Best job portals or platforms to find tech roles in France for English speakers

Whether A2 French is enough to get hired, or if most roles demand fluency

Any companies, regions, or sectors (especially in Paris or remote-friendly) open to non-native French speakers

Any tips, resources, or personal experiences would be much appreciated. Thanks!

I cs grad 2023, I'm jobless ever since I graduated(tech job) , I got non tech jobs and I took them for sometime, but quit after a while. I pursued web dev in domain, I was interested in ml during my college as well but never pursued it because I always assumed it needed heavy math. My math wasn't and isn't good, I barely did well in math since highschool. Now I've finally decided to pursue ml. planning on going back to school this year for ms. I also started with pre Calculus math to build the prerequisites for higher math that's needed in ml. Now , everyone around me is criticising me for this decision. Am I being purely delusional here with my plans. everyone around me keeps saying if I continue to walk on this path id be just wasting my time and resources. The reasons they state include, huge competition, not easy to break into field, no strong math background ,my inability to land a tech job in last 2 years, and I wholly agree with all of them. But at same time a part of me believes it can work out. Am 22 rn and I feel so behind and running out of time.Is ml really not for me? Am I making bad decision, am I sabotaging my own career? Pls help!

i've been only lurking this sub for a few weeks but i've noticed a difference between here and cscareerquestions

people here know the job market is at a bad state, but aren't panicking out loud and screaming for help, there are actual serious straight-to-the-point answers here and some good advices on how to deal with that and other adversities

not only that but people here seems more selfless compared to the miserable and bitter people out there on the other sub, i didn't see anyone laughing at the face of disastrous happenings on the tech market here yet but it feels like a breath of fresh air after dealing with a lot of stupid toxicity and whining from what it seems to be a lot of teenagers on the other side of the screen

i don't know if i'm actually just being silly since i'm new here but i do feel that calmer vibe coming from here

edit: typo on the title (is this sub[...])

edit 2: I'd also like to add that this kind of thing has been spreading a lot through other subs like careerguidance, layoffs and ofc recruitinghell, which is even more discouraging and hysterical with worse answers and opinions from people who try to predict a dystopia and preach the same issues I've stated above

As the title says, how stupid is it to accept a new position where part of the salary is (usd) RSU based? In my case it’s an American company with offices in Europe.

Most tech stocks will most likely bleed these next few weeks/months. But not sure if/when they will boom again like they usually do.

Edit: For clarity, I’m talking about publicly traded companies and not private ones.

Tl/dr: where’s the big money? How do I get there from where I am.

I’m currently a mid level full stack engineer with 4y experience in the uk.

I’m currently working for a relatively large non FAANG company and have a salary of £60k+.

I’m very fortunate to have what I feel is an above average salary for my experience (and ability)

I’m questioning my future and was wondering if I were to only care about money/ company benefits, what should I lean into as a long term career plan?

I’ve currently only worked in relatively simple web based projects working across front end - devops. Should I study leet code and try to get into faang or is the future in system architecture or something else ect