Shortage of IT staff in Germany

[OwlHoot]

I think it was Sasguru who mentioned today that there was an IT skills shortage in Germany.

I'd be happy to consider contracting there (and have done in the past); but I very rarely see ads on Jobserve.

So where do agencies acting on behalf of German recruiters place ads for IT staff?

[sasguru]

Work fast - they'll soon be wary of hiring Uk nationals what with the dross that's over there at the moment.

[doodab]

Gulp.de is a good place to start

[EternalOptimist]

Gulp.de is a good place to start

Jeez. Gulp.de ?


thats a bit naff that. I'd feel a bit embarrassed telling people that I had scored on Gulp


cant they change the name to LeibenStarte, or Panzer Lehr or something ?



just asking like

[scooterscot]

http://www.stepstone.com/

[PAH]

Do you code in English when contracting in Germany or elsewhere with a different native language?

Anyone contracting in a country where English is only the second language, without any appreciable skills in the country's main language? How hard is it to do that?

[sasguru]

Do you code in English when contracting in Germany?

No I think they use DeutscheJava and D#.
But I think you can pick that up quite easily.
You should go work in Germany, you'll fit right in.

[Sysman]

Do you code in English when contracting in Germany or elsewhere with a different native language?

Anyone contracting in a country where English is only the second language, without any appreciable skills in the country's main language? How hard is it to do that?

You code in English, and a lot of comments are in English too (sort of). According to several folks I've asked, English can be a lot more concise than German.

Beware translated Excel files linky

[Churchill]

I think it was Sasguru who mentioned today that there was an IT skills shortage in Germany.

I'd be happy to consider contracting there (and have done in the past); but I very rarely see ads on Jobserve.

So where do agencies acting on behalf of German recruiters place ads for IT staff?

One of the reasons there's such a shortage of IT workers in Germany is because of the amount of time German workers spend going back to University.

I spent a couple of years over there and had a great time.

Don't mention the war though. I did but I think I got away with it.

If you get the chance, go, fly, arbeit macht frei!

[Pondlife]

Do you code in English when contracting in Germany or elsewhere with a different native language?

Anyone contracting in a country where English is only the second language, without any appreciable skills in the country's main language? How hard is it to do that?

Think 'bob issues'. The code may be syntactically correct but was the specification properly understood.

I'm not a code monkey but some of the projects I am involved in require the German/French business to specify requirements which are reviewed by Brit/American architects and then sent offshore for coding.