Scooterscot's love affair with the Germans - how long will it last?

[DodgyAgent]

To answer your first question:
Probably from the fact that all your posts nowadays are on a single theme: how crap the UK is and how wonderful wherever you are is. Which begs the question: why don't you find a nice German forum to post on?

And to answer your second question:
Given your IQ, you're right in thinking you would get a poorly paid contract, if at all in the City. The rest of us are doing very nicely indeed in one of the most vibrant cities on the planet.

HTH

There are also many thousands of people who move to live and work in third world countries that are stricken with poverty and corruption that cannot materially be compared favourably to the UK, yet they would not live anywhere else. nor do they constantly carp on about how awful their home countries are.

[darmstadt]

Silly statement and a bit of a generalisation - it depends what you do, what you earn and where you live, who you know, what your hobbies are, what your personality is like etc. etc.

Not as silly as this statement:

The City has been a brilliant wealth generator for me. That's why I can spend £50K on a posh shed in the garden of my £1million + home.

[sasguru]

Not as silly as this statement:

I'm sorry but I fail to see what's silly about a simple statement of fact(s)?

[darmstadt]

I'm sorry but I fail to see what's silly about a simple statement of fact(s)?

Is it fact? How do we know? Is this an example of the British oneupmanship we hear about? My car, my house, my boat, my wife...A sad example of materialism where you have to point out that you have a shed which costs as much as a house up north in an overly priced building to keep you warm during those bleak midwinters that seem to occur with so much regularity now (on a bloody Internet forum as well!)

[sasguru]

Is it fact? How do we know? Is this an example of the British oneupmanship we hear about? My car, my house, my boat, my wife...A sad example of materialism where you have to point out that you have a shed which costs as much as a house up north in an overly priced building to keep you warm during those bleak midwinters that seem to occur with so much regularity now (on a bloody Internet forum as well!)

Your statement says more about you than me. I'm merely stating a fact - how you take it is up to you.
FWIW I'm not very materialistic, my good fortune is down to good luck and being born at the right time to cash in on a property boom rather than any intrinsic business nous.
But it's worth remembering that life in London can be every bit as good , or better, than life in Germany.

[darrenb]

Really? Higher than London? In what areas?

I am in Berlin, one of the slowest places in Germany in terms of rates and finding a job.

I am earning more here than I would in central London. Even after taxes. And that is simply because of the way the spivocracy has ruined the English economy.

People here are pretty nice, and they think English people are "clever". They say to me, "What on earth are you doing here, when you could be earning a ton of cash in London." I just shrug modestly and say, "Well you've got to factor in the relatively low cost of living here, and it's not all about the money anyway."

I'm just amazed any of you chaps are still in Britain. Thank you for soldiering on, it is terribly brave of you. Please maintain some semblance of order, as I will want something to come back to at the beginning of the next economic cycle in 2025.

At the current time I am busy trying to negotiate my contract length downwards.

[scooterscot]

I am in Berlin, one of the slowest places in Germany in terms of rates and finding a job.

I am earning more here than I would in central London. Even after taxes. And that is simply because of the way the spivocracy has ruined the English economy.

People here are pretty nice, and they think English people are "clever". They say to me, "What on earth are you doing here, when you could be earning a ton of cash in London." I just shrug modestly and say, "Well you've got to factor in the relatively low cost of living here, and it's not all about the money anyway."

I'm just amazed any of you chaps are still in Britain. Thank you for soldiering on, it is terribly brave of you. Please maintain some semblance of order, as I will want something to come back to at the beginning of the next economic cycle in 2025.

At the current time I am busy trying to negotiate my contract length downwards.

People of Berlin are very friendly indeed. We lived near Nollendorf although often went for a night out in prenzlauer berg or visited a friend who has recently opened a cake shop in friedrichshain, always welcomed.

Could you imagine a profitable London underground railway based on the honour system!?

[sasguru]

People of Berlin are very friendly indeed. We lived near Nollendorf although often went for a night out in prenzlauer berg or visited a friend who has recently opened a cake shop in friedrichshain, always welcomed.

I'm glad you found a friend who always welcomed you. Bit far to go to Berlin for that though, you must be one of the unfriendliest people in the world.
Who knows, maybe you'll find another friend in Munchen.

[shaunbhoy]

Is it fact? How do we know? Is this an example of the British oneupmanship we hear about? My car, my house, my boat, my wife...A sad example of materialism where you have to point out that you have a shed which costs as much as a house up north in an overly priced building to keep you warm during those bleak midwinters that seem to occur with so much regularity now (on a bloody Internet forum as well!)

All a sign of the huge insecurities that surround sasguru I'm afraid Darmstadt.
It could properly be defined as a personality disorder, if it were ever to be established that he possesses a personality. So far that is looking unlikely though.
Just humour him............everyone else does......even his nurses. That is why they let him on the Internet if he finishes up all of his dinner.

[sasguru]

I am earning more here than I would in central London. .

That's almost certainly because you are mediocre.
The Germans are so short of IT bods they'll pay over the odds for anybody.
But they won't pay you the up-to-thousands per day you'll get in the City if you're top notch.

My point is if you're the best, London will pay the best - and maybe Frankfurt for that matter.

Of course you're right its not all about money - but I'd rather earn the money in the City when I'm young then retire in luxury to Berlin or wherever if that took my fancy.