One year ago, I moved to France. I had a solid career, specialized experience in gambling software(4 years), and a passion for building products that work.

But ever since relocating, I’ve been shut out of the market.

My profession isn’t popular here.

French companies require native fluency.

I can’t legally work outside France.

I’ve had promising conversations with international companies, some even reaching case study stages—until things stall or quietly disappear, often after discussions about location or hiring logistics.

I’m legally authorized to work only in France, but I’m open to freelance or contract-based work. I don’t need relocation or visas—just a chance to contribute.

If you’ve faced similar roadblocks or found ways to navigate this kind of situation, I’d love to hear your story. And if you’re hiring or know someone who is, I’m here and ready.

I love what I do. I’m damn good at it. And I’m tired of feeling like I don’t belong anywhere professionally.

And thank you for reading

I’m honestly panicking at all this talk about the tariffs. I definitely agree that the EU should foght back but I am worried what this will mean for people like me. I have a non CS degree, pivoted to software right after uni, worked for 12 years and now fear i don’t know enough about anything. What do we do? What will become of us?

I finished my interview loop last week with Amazon (EU).

The recruiter called me to tell me that I passed the interviews, but the position has been filled (something about first-come first-serve...I was in shock so I didn't get it).

He told me that I am in "inclined status" for 6 months: if there is another MLE position, I will not need to interview for it. If it is pure SDE, then I will need to do 1 more interview.

The problem is, I don't know what this effectively mean.

1. Was that a grading system, and I didn't make the cut to be accepted for the offer, but not too bad to be rejected? (aka: waitlisted?)
2. How big is the "inclined" queue exactly? the number of Amazon MLE positions in EU is super limited.

I am confused as how to reason about this or how to proceed.

Hi everyone,

I started on the business side - strong product / customer mentality - and via an analytics position where I built tons of tools that are still in production, I found my love for data. Now I am in a data engineering (DE) position and find myself confused and lost.

I love working with Python / PySpark, SQL, Spreadsheets, Airflow or Databricks - here I am feeling productive but also that I bring value to the team.

Now, I had the duty to now work on a backend (BE) ticket, that involved some Java and also working on different repositories, with GraphQL. I did not enjoy this at all - as I had to constantly ask for support and were making many mistakes - but heard through the grapevine that such tickets are expected to be worked on by DE as well.

I did spend hours learning all these technologies, and as I am not a CS major, any BE related topic is completely new and tedious to understand. Did I just join the wrong team, or is this normal?

During performance feedback, I got good feedback from my team, but I feel like I was a stronger player and more helpful for the team / company in my previous Analyst focused role. Was I too delusional, and might be a better fit for an analyst / analytics engineering role?

I am scared that I ran myself into a dead end and not being able to upscale to a TL position because of this lack of knowledge. I am also a bit older - towards 40 - willing to learn, but only so much in what I am interested, and BE is not in that circle as of now.

Always thankful for any helpful feedback.

Hey, Long story short I am a soon majoring in non Stem Bc. in aviation sector.

I would like to go into IT and I hope to do conversion masters in CS.

Do you have any options for me in EU? (I am EU citizen so they would be mostly free for me)

What I find extremely hard is that sadly in EU we mostly are strict with the patter "Bs-Masters-doc" so most of the admissions for masters either want credits or extremely detailed examination which can not be really learnt that well just with a guide: "Learn 1. data and algorithms 2. intro to programming" without any detail to literature or other stuff.

I am very good student so that is why I am looking into conversion degrees. I would have no problem learning for a year doing prerequisites or just doing my best during masters.

Hi, I just want to ask is this situation normal? The interview is scheduled for this morning, but the interviewer didn't show up without notifying in advance... I prepared for a long time and really looked forward to it...

It is already April, I am so afraid that there is already no hc in Germany. Does anyone know the recruitment situation right now?

P.S. timeline:

oa 1&2 3.21

vo survey 3.24

vo 4.4 (interviewer no show)

Hi all,

I am currently working as a tech team lead in a mid-size startup in a big city in Germany. I have around 7 years of experience in the EU, starting here from a software developer to a senior to a tech team lead (relatively small team though). Outside of the EU experience, I was a small business owner (IT-related) with around 4 years of experience. (So total of 11 years).

Now I feel like I have reached a stop on growth in my career progression (read it, salary-wise as well, TC around 80k EUR, nothing else). The company and colleagues were pretty chill, but recently changed, and the company has also not been doing great financially.

I love helping people grow, bringing fresh ideas, architectural designs, implementing them and so on. I was thinking of moving to an engineering manager role by switching to a different organisation (No growth in my current one is possible).

But I am not sure if this is the right move, I consider myself an introvert, but when the right setting comes, I jump into extrovert mode. I don't try to fake my personality or try to impress others, but from what I've seen from my past EMs, that is a great thing to have, considering a corporate environment.

I don't know if I should start applying to EM roles, will they consider me? I fear that I don't have experience as an EM, and I may lack the right skills. I have already started upskilling myself for the role and responsibilities.

But I am asking the community for suggestions, is this the right career move considering the economic situation right now or shall I look for another team lead role in a different organisation? Also, what should be the salary range I should aim for?

Other minor details: I am now a German citizen. Speak around the B1-B2 level of German. The tech stack is PHP.

Thank you.

What language do you think it’s better right now for job opportunities and salaries in Europe for entry roles? Php or python?

Don’t be shy to elaborate.

I am a Software Developer from US FL and I have 10 years of experience, with a mix of Finance/Insurance background. I am planning to move with my girlfriend to London to work in a Reinsurance company by Lloyds. Would could be a reasonable salary expectation range, and what benefits should I expect?
I have experience in C#/SQL/Blazor/Python

TIA

I am nearing 5 years of experience as a Java developer. I am getting sick of being in the office all the time. I took on a job at a major postal company, they promised that I would be on the road for some time to visit different facilities. Unfortunately this didn't happen and I only had to visit once in a year.

I would like to find roles that require some travel, it doesn't specifically have to be as a developer though. Doing some research, I saw a lot of people suggesting sales engineer, or field application engineer. Neither of which seems to have some transferable skill from my current role.

Are there any EU jobs I could do that require some travel, or at least not require you to be in the office all the time? It would be nice if being a Java developer has some transferable skills to these roles.

Hi everyone! I'm a 24-year-old male from Tunisia. I’m a fullstack developer with almost 3 years of experience, currently working mainly with TypeScript, Next.js, React-native, Node.js, and other modern web technologies. I'm looking to move to the EU and I'm trying to find an IT job that offers visa sponsorship. How can I land a sponsored IT job in the EU? Any tips on where to apply or websites/companies that support non-EU candidates would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!

Need some advice possibly securing a SWE job in Europe. I got a flurry of No responses on Portugal jobs I applied on LinkedIn - jobs I do have work experience. Do EU companies lean on applications with a degree or having a top-heavy portfolio (which I lack at the moment) on their application process?

I plan using that offer to get a work visa then work a few years before heading back to Canada. I enjoyed my Europe trip on my sabbatical after getting a lay off last year.

For reference, I have 5 years full-stack experience (2 SWA, 3 full-stack at a Canada start-up, American unicorn company) with just a diploma/associate's degree; only recently I'm working getting cloud certifications and adding projects to my portfolio, which will include some deployments to the cloud.

Will appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

Just like the title says I would like to understand if for an internship should I give more importance to the reputation of the company or the skills that I would learn? Which should I prioritize? How is it going to affect my careers? I am talking about roles such as machine learning engineer, data engineer, data scientist, ecc

How to deal with coworkers, each one speaking his own language. For example if you are in a multi nationality team, and english is the main language. But then when 2-3 people from the same country are together they started speaking their own language and you are just sitting there. Mostly talking about the social aspect of the job, in teams or meetings usually english is spoken so shouldn't be a problem.

How do you deal this?

So about a month ago I signed a contract with a company located in Amsterdam. I was supposed to relocate to Netherlands (form a middle eastern country) with highly skilled migrant visa. I have the visa and everything is done officially. Just need to get there and start working.

My contract starts on May 1st with 1 month probation period.

Now due to a personal problem, I'm unable to relocate to Netherlands (or anywhere) for about a year and therefore unable to work for the said company.

After this one year gap I want to start again and get a job in the Netherlands however I'm afraid terminating my contract with this company would introduce some legal complication tha might affect my relocation to NL or any EU countries in the future. Ultimately my question is:

Would terminating this contract be legal? How should I approach this issue?

Hey everyone,

Im 21 years old and in my second year of uni. I just got offered a 6-month internship as a Full Stack Software Developer in a Java environment, and I'm trying to figure out if this is a good opportunity for a first internship. Here's what I know:

• Department/Team: Business Unit Banking, Banking Core Team.
• Team Goals/Project Objectives: Maintaining and developing various banking products + Developing a new online banking client.
• Tech Stack & Tools I'll Work With:
  • Java 21
  • Angular 17-19
  • Maven, Jenkins, Jira, Git
• Methods I'll Learn: Agile methodology.

It sounds pretty solid to me, especially with the modern versions of Java and Angular. But since this is my first internship, I'm curious if this sounds like a good opportunity to gain real experience and grow as a developer.

What do you think? Would you go for it? Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks for all the advices in advance.

Some bg, I graduated last year in a fairly good Uni in EU then moved and joined a startup in Berlin. I'm non-EU. Was doing fullstack (React + FastAPI), mainly focusing on Frontend. Now the company is dead so I have been looking for new job for almost 2 months. I did >100 applications only english roles and I got 6 calls I think. First couple I failed in second round cuz I don't really know how to expalin system design concepts. So for the past 2 weeks, I'm learning more. Today I had an interview for a sr. dev role ( I don't even know why they contacted me in linked in cuz in there I wrote I only have 1 yoe! ). This is the second call already, I had a chat with the dev team manager, I really like her but in the end she said I think you lack scaling experience. This is something I can't lie. Because our startup is so small there are only 2 devs, there's not many customers using the app. I just don't have the chance to face these problems. Also I don't know how other developers actually setup their pipelines. So now I'm wondering how can I improve on that part? I always fail on the second round which really frustrates me. Is there anything more I can do?

I'll def keep applying and improving my german.

THanks

Hi everybody, I am currently a second year student pursuing my Data Science Bachelor in Budapest. I love Italy and the people there. I met some Italians in my current university, and they inspire me get better and I am motivated to learn the language. I want to study a master Data Science in Italy, and after some research the school I found to be appealing is Bocconi or POLIMI. I am planning to study there after I finish my current bachelor in 2,5 years and possibly reside there. However, I find that many people see Italy as a really bad place for DS career, the pay is not high and the cost of living is more than the EU average, especially if you live in Milan. I really want this to work, nevertheless this is giving me second-thoughts. Please give me some advices. Thanks a lot!!

Hey guys looking for a suggestion. As i am trying to learn llm engineering, is it really worth it to learn in 2025? If yes than can i consider that as my solo skill and choose as my career path? Whats your take on this?

Thanks Looking for a suggestion

Absolutely fuk this shit career! Four years, two redundancies and now I’m 4 months into the job search and absolutely nothing is landing. I don’t know if it’s because I’m in UK but I’m at my wits end! This just sucks! Programming is extremely hard to constantly learn and stay in shape with all for some ass wipe of a recruiter to treat you like absolute garbage. Hundreds of applications, CV changes and countless hours studying while earning absolutely NOTHING.

I've received a part time SWE offer from Udemy (Europe). This role will transition to full time in 2 months. I was wondering if Udemy is prestigious enough for me to later get into FAANG pipelines easily for SWE roles around Europe. I know the Udemy name is relatively well known but don't know how well respected an SWE role there is in terms of hireability. Please do provide your opinion. Thanks in advance!

I reckon a large chunk of EU market works with US companies, either through direct contracts, EU consultancy firms or US firms directly. On top of that there are obviously local offices of US companies.

So given US's tariffs only, are we looking at paycuts, layoffs or hidden taxes alternatively? These 10% tariffs across the board and 20% on EU specifically, in theory, unless I'm mistaken, are only for EU physical products being transferred to US, in theory it shouldn't affect our service industry directly (indirectly is another conversation). And beyond the usual layoff-o-rama in response to worsening economic conditions across the world, would there be any reason layoffs could happen to us in the EU as a direct response to tariffs and policies?

So as I am looking at jobs on LI, more than half of them do not have salary ranges. I thought this was required, how do companies get away with that?

Hi everyone,
I'd like to ask for some advice.

I’ve been working for over 2 years as a software engineer in a consulting firm, using outdated technologies, low salary and working on uninteresting projects. The situation of doing a job with no future prospects and not learning anything is really stressing me out. I feel that the longer I stay, the harder it will be to find a job in the EU (I don’t need a visa). I will end up with years of experience but no marketable skills for software engineering positions in product-based companies.

I know the job market for junior positions is tough, and I’ve been looking for months without receiving any offers, mostly facing immediate rejections or no response at all. I assume this is partly because I don’t have a big-name company on my CV, and my work experience doesn’t compare to those who have worked at more prestigious companies. Also, I know it’s generally advised not to leave a job before finding another one.

However, for some time now, I’ve been asking myself:
Would it be worse to leave my current job to improve my skills (studying new technologies and working on personal projects) while job hunting, potentially creating a gap in my CV, or to stay in this role, accumulating years of non-marketable experience, risking not getting any interviews, and only being able to continue working at my current company?
Alternatively, would it make sense to start a master's degree in order to potentially secure an internship at big tech companies?

What would you recommend? Unfortunately, in my current job, there are no opportunities to work on different types of projects or to use new or different technologies.

At the moment, I feel stuck in a dead-end, unable to choose between the two options, and this is really demotivating me to the point of affecting my mental health. For some time now, I’ve been struggling to study new technologies and prepare for interviews after work.

i am a 2025 btech grad , i did frontend development from my 1st year and did many internships and open source programs , now i want some good job ( >25 LPA ) either , i tried US remote jobs , but didnt got any interview chance till now , thinking of starting DSA and cracking FAANG , but dsa will take mine 3 to 4 months and till then I have a career gap , so should i settle for low ctc like 9 -10 LPA , or should i try searching more or start dsa ??