Mastodawn

I don't normally post here or anywhere really, but I'm genuinely at a loss. I'm a systems administrator and a devops engineer looking for work somewhere that isn't where I live right now. Main motivation is looking for a safer space as a trans person and some other personal reasons. Existing where I am now only makes me spiral more and more into bad mental health space.

While I am an EU citizen technically, I feel like every attempt I make at looking for work hits a wall almost immediately due to language requirements. And while I'm not opposed to actually learning a new language, it would be nice to find somewhere to put a foot in the door and work on my language skills after I'm a tiny bit confident it's a place that fits me.

Maybe I'm just naive and this isn't generally something that exists, but I feel like I hear of people working for english speaking companies often enough so surely it's a thing. But if so, where does one actually find such places?

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kauer Mar 3

@espyeen If you have citizenship, at least one HUGE hurdle has been removed - you can go and live in any EU country without asking for permission. And a few others without too much trouble - such as Switzerland. You can travel between them without asking for permission. Not only that, in an EU country you may even be eligible for unemployment benefits while you find a job, though there will be a waiting period. The social safety net is pretty good generally, especially medical.

English as a common language is definitely a thing, especially in IT, though it depends on the country a bit. The romance language groups are less forgiving, the Germanics more so :-) Speaking/writing English in IT is generally a firm requirement. Not speaking the local language makes social aspects harder.

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kauer

@espyeen PS Most EU countries have extensive online information in English about how to go work there. For example:

https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/

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