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Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups by ig1 on Sunday May 22, 2011 @07:06PM (#2574521)
I lived in Berlin for three months and it's definitely possible to get by without speaking German, it helps, but English is widely enough spoken that you can survive without it (assuming you're working for an English speaking company)
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Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups by sneak on Monday May 23, 2011 @04:42AM (#2575341)
I have lived in Berlin for over 36 months and German is not required at all, ESPECIALLY in the tech community. Everyone uses English.
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Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups by eru on Monday May 23, 2011 @10:49AM (#2576090)
People appreciate if you make the effort, though.
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Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups by ig1 on Monday May 23, 2011 @06:50PM (#2577901)
Mostly I found people cringed and replied in English ;-)
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Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups by eru on Monday May 23, 2011 @07:09PM (#2577964)
Yes, but it's still cute.
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