Ask HN: Tech jobs in Europe

#1

Post by muralimadhu » Wed, Aug 05, 2015, 3:59 PM UTC

I have been living in the bay area for over 6 years now, and have worked in small and big companies as a software developer. Although the bay is awesome if you are a developer, San Francisco and the US in general is lagging behind other countries in terms of livability compared to many other countries in Europe. work-life balance takes a hit, health insurance is not free, public commute sucks, education is expensive etc. I have been thinking about moving to Europe to experience the lifestyle there. Many countries in Europe (Vienna, Switzerland, Germany etc) consistently show up in the list of most livable countries in the world published by multiple sources. I am wondering what the best way is to find developer jobs in these countries, and if anyone else out there also is thinking/thought about this

Re: Ask HN: Tech jobs in Europe

#2

Post by stephengillie » Wed, Aug 05, 2015, 4:06 PM UTC

I've heard many good stories of happy developers in parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark. And one of my favorite games (EVE Online) is made in Iceland.

There should be some Euro posts in the "Who is Hiring" threads. Some of them might even be willing to hire you remote and help you relocate.

Re: Ask HN: Tech jobs in Europe

#3

Post by muralimadhu » Wed, Aug 05, 2015, 4:10 PM UTC

stephengillie wrote: post #2

I've heard many good stories of happy developers in parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark. And one of my favorite games (EVE Online) is made in Iceland. There should be some Euro posts in the "Who is Hiring" threads. Some of them might even be willing to hire you remote and help you relocate.

Search kind of sucks in hacker news. Not possible to filter by location.

Re: Ask HN: Tech jobs in Europe

#4

Post by mryan » Wed, Aug 05, 2015, 4:20 PM UTC

A lot of job sites have location-specific sites, e.g. http://www.monsterboard.nl/geo/siteselection

Germany: http://www.monster.de/ Netherlands: http://www6.monsterboard.nl/

I can highly recommend NL as a great place to live.

Re: Ask HN: Tech jobs in Europe

#5

Post by stephengillie » Wed, Aug 05, 2015, 4:21 PM UTC

muralimadhu wrote: post #3

stephengillie wrote: post #2

I've heard many good stories of happy developers in parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark. And one of my favorite games (EVE Online) is made in Iceland. There should be some Euro posts in the "Who is Hiring" threads. Some of them might even be willing to hire you remote and help you relocate.

Search kind of sucks in hacker news. Not possible to filter by location.

Some put their location in their post. Try your browser's "find on page" search and search for different cities?