Ask HN: Finding work in another country as Junior Developer

Posted by Yaziyumaru on Thursday January 15, 2015 @04:55PM
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Hey HN, I'm a Junior Developer about to finish my BSc and for various reasons I'm looking to find work in a foreign area.

I'm a Canadian citizen and I am looking towards either working in Germany or California.

I'm fully willing to relocate and I'm primarily looking for positions in Web Development.

I was wondering what sort of hurdles and steps I might need to take in order to achieve this goal beyond simply bolstering my resume. What are the best channels/means of finding companies willing to hire international employees.

I realize this might be an unrealistic goal and I would appreciate peoples perspective on that as well. I could just work in Toronto but I would like to take the opportunity to travel somewhere new and challenging to work while I'm young. Ideally I'd be working in an area where the tech culture is booming.

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Re:Ask HN: Finding work in another country as Junior Developer by mtmail on Thursday January 15, 2015 @06:14PM (#8896093)

For Berlin have a look at http://itsinberlin.com/jobs-in-berlin-startups/ and http://venturevillage.eu/.

You might want to stay away from Praktikum (internship). Those are paid, but for a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Card_%28European_Union%29 it's better to have a full-time job.

Go for it. In central Berlin it's more likely to be approached in English than German already. The startup scene is quite international.

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Re:Ask HN: Finding work in another country as Junior Developer by Yaziyumaru on Thursday January 15, 2015 @06:50PM (#8896263)

Great, these are exactly what I was looking for. Thanks

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