fittyfox
First StartUp was amazing, super professional people. Run out of money and laid people off (StartUp still lives and grows now)
Second StartUp was led by mid-twenty Bros and not the culture I wanted to be part of.
Third StartUp led by people bought in by a bigger corporation. Had no idea how to run a company. Best team I have ever worked in but worst business I ever worked in as well. Almost everyone left after being there for 6 months.
Fourth StartUp ad tech industry. Learned a great deal, solid co-workers, but had enough of "We are a cool StartUp" vibe and went freelancing.
General speaking, I don't dislike StartUps, but oh boy I am too old for this now (35 years old).
It's kinda hard right now to find apartment with good quality/price ratio. But yeah, Berlin is still much cheaper then Munich if you look for family-sized apartments.
I don't know how the situation is at the moment with COVID though.
2013: 34k (junior Frontend)
2014: 40k (Fullstack JS)
2015: 50k (Frontend)
2016: 60k (Frontend)
Went freelancing after this...
2020: 85k offer for Senior Software Engineer
All numbers are from StartUps. You have to know however that you probably won't find a unicorn in Europe just yet. It's not the same mentality as in the US.
I currently work for a US company with a European location, and it differs quite a lot.
30+ days holidays + country wide holidays 38h work week Free day care where I live
I checked and I would have to earn around 140k in New York or 280k in San Francisco to have the "same" quality of life as 85k in Berlin buys me. However, in Berlin I have additional benefits like the ones mentioned above. I pay around 1100 Euros for a 110qm apartment "downtown" and have no car.