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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by mattlutze on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:20AM (#10033488)
Development and tech jobs are not so easy to come by in Germany without B2 or better working knowledge of the language. You can come to Germany on a language visa, but you have to prove you have enough savings to live off of while you learn (and you can't work while you're on a language visa).

Work visas are generally only issued if you already have an offer. Which is hard to get unless you're in the country...

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by playing_colours on Monday August 10, 2015 @09:32AM (#10034431)
I suggest to check Berlin and Hamburg. There are lots of both startups and established companies (yesterday's startups) where German is not required. The biggest hiring now are Zalando, SoundCloud. But this is true for software engineers. If you are an electrical or mechanical engineer, sure, the best places are Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg, where German is mostly a must.
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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by mlent on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:57AM (#10033601)
Not true at all in my experience. You don't need to know any German, but you do need a university degree, so this isn't an option for OP either way.
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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by mattlutze on Monday August 10, 2015 @06:42AM (#10033739)
Where do you live? Maybe you're somewhere hit harder with the dearth of qualified applicants.

In southern Germany, engineering jobs have been difficult to find for my expat friends that don't know German. "Sehr gute kenntnisse auf Deutsch / Englisch" accompanies most any listing.

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