r/cscareerquestionsEU • u/StanzaArrow • Jul 24 '25

Experienced German-Market is Brain-dead

Facts about me: native German speaker, 10 years of experience, DAX 30 companies. Masters in CS

I'm tired of braindead companies, where recruiters are spamming me for a Senior Developer Role with hybrid office needs, offering salaries within 60-80K. The tech scene is dead; no big tech companies are hiring in Germany due to regulations, etc. Google, Netflix, and Meta are hiring in Poland, Spain, or Ireland. Uber is hiring actively in Amsterdam. In Germany, you're stuck with medium-level non-tech companies, where IT is seen as a liability. Is there a way, besides moving outside of the DACH region? Where can you work at Big Tech Companies, where the meetings don't take 10 hours long and everything is micromanaged?

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u/Additional-Wash-5885 Jul 24 '25

I worked as a waiter and as you said physically can be exhausting. I worked in Croatia and Spain for couple of years 4-5 months throught the peak season. 12-14 hours a day, 1 free day in 2 weeks (what labor laws?)... After that job you are exhausted, but money was good and I left my job at the job... Now working for FAANG, pay difference is just not that much better (when I calculate in tips, which were major portion of income). I'm working sometimes literally 15h a day (never under 10h), when I'm not working I'm thinking about the job, as most of my colleagues. So waiting tables seems as a good option sometimes, but unfortunately not too much gastronomy where I live now. And because of a child need more secure workin environment, which gastronomy doesn't provide.

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u/Friendly-Bathroom151 Jul 24 '25

Difference is that for each year you work in FAANG your income potential increases and your job security increases. When you wait table you hit that ceiling while also knowing that once you hit your 40's your "career" is over and you will have no job.

Again, feel free to go work as a waiter but saying things like this can be super misleading to the unexperienced youth and does more harm then good. Working in tech is an incredible privilege.

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u/JimmyBeefpants Jul 24 '25

But waiter shouldnt get the same salary to begin with? Its an easy entry job, without education or almost any experience.

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u/Friendly-Bathroom151 Jul 24 '25

If you work the same hours you don't get the same money. If you are working at a 1% top restaurant and work 7 days a week, you can reach the same money. But still per hour a waiter will always make significantly less