Exploring & Navigating the IT jobs market in Europe together
Mohnish has worked as a Software developer(full time & freelance) for 12+ years, 6+ years of which have been in Germany both as an employee or as an expat freelancer.
I've interviewed with companies in Germany & Europe in general(most of my interviews were with Germany based companies and I did have some interviews with companies in countries like Belgium, Amsterdam, France and UK too) from my most recent job search experience & happy to share what I've learned from all those experiences and specifically where applicable as there are both generic & specific lessons as applicable to interviewing better as a whole.
Meeting Agenda:
The goal is to answer your questions in a round robin fashion, one question per participant. Please take 30s for sharing an intro(this is optional), 30s to ask your question(you can also skip & just be an observer/listener), I'll aim to answer your question asap in a timeboxed way to my best ability and will repeat this for the next person.
Please note: Keeping this timeboxed so that each participant gets a fair chance to ask a question and many a times one persons question answers the same/similar question for another participant. This allows us to keep to 1hr meeting time and that we're able to cover at least one question each from all 20 participants as this event has a cap on max number of participants due to a few capacity constraints & I want to make sure we have quality converatons. It's also possible your question might be answered through someone else's question in the process & this way you could either ask another question in your turn or we might just do another round within the 1 hour allotted time if remaining time after the 1st round of Q&A's allows for this.
Mohnish's Background:
- Coming from India, he had to bridge an additional knowledge & culture gap with regards to both getting jobs & collaborating effectively with diverse people in Germany.
- He's been able to help others(in Germany, US, India) get IT job offers by leveraging his experiences of getting many full time & freelance IT job offers over the last 12+ years
- Over the last 6+ years in Germany, he's worked as a freelancer for last 3+ years on a freelancer visa, prior to that he worked as an employee(on a blue card visa) for almost 2 years & during which he was laid off more than once
- He got his EU Permanent residency(EU PR) application approved
People's feedback of attending past meetups can be found here
Call To Action
If any of you are currently navigating the challenging IT/general job market in Germany and if you have any questions for me related to finding IT jobs(both as an employee/freelancer) & more specifically related to:
How to get interviews
How to prepare for interviews
How to stand out in interviews
Questions related to relocating to Germany for an IT job
Questions about being successful on the job
Blue card or freelance visa or EU PR related questions(I can only share my personal experience and not offer legal advice)
Advantages & requirements of a freelance visa
Advantages of a blue card visa
Working towards getting an EU PR when having a freelance visa
Difference between a normal PR and EU PR in Germany
How to make the most of the time in between jobs(in case of layoffs or otherwise)
You have other questions/challenges you'd like to discuss pertaining to your new job/current job/job search
This get together meetup is intended for you and is an attempt to provide a safe space to be seen, listened to, & be understood and also answer your questions on any of the above topics.
Sharing Experiences is welcome: As a fellow human, I'm one among you & I might not have answers to all of your questions. I'm also a big believer in Bill Nye's quote: "Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.". Everyone is encouraged to also share their experiences as well so that more people could help each other out in general.
Meetup related code of conduct guidelines
Please register for this meetup only if you agree to act in accordance to the below meetup guidelines:
People come first
Each participant has an equal chance to participate
Only exception: If they choose to skip their turn
What is discussed in the meetup stays in the meetup
We all listen to understand first than to be understood
You agree to follow the Berlin Code of Conduct
PS: Even if you are not looking for an IT job you are still welcome to join this event. Registrations are limited and its on a first come first serve basis due to hosting capacity constraints. My experience is mostly related to IT, if you have questions of jobs in other fields within Germany, my knowledge is limited, I'd still be happy to try & answer any related question to my best ability.