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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by jason0597 on Friday June 05, 2020 @09:39AM (#23428369)
>If companies had enough money, I'd imagine SV engineers jumping on a plane to Berlin right away.

How many SV developers speak German? Germany isn't quite as English-friendly as other places in the EU (Netherlands, etc.), and if you don't speak the language you aren't going to enjoy yourself in the town very much

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by twic on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:07AM (#23428697)
Anecdotal, but i know several developers who don't speak German but have moved from London to Berlin and love it.
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