Re: Hallo (OT: Looking for a - possibly Perl - job)

[Cc: to MUC Perl Mongers <perl-mongers@42.org>]

Hello amaral caco, in a previous mail you wrote:

> Hi Steffen,
> 
> I am a fellow Perl monger from the South Florida area
> (USA).  I looked up your group as I am shamelessly
> looking for any insider in the German job market.  I
> have been a Perl programmer since 1998, and I would
> like to live in Germany.  My wife works for a German
> multinational and she was recently offered a good
> position in Munich, so I am sure you can understand my
> motivation.  If you have any information that might be
> helpful please share.  I am a Portuguese national so I
> believe that entitle me to work in Germany without any
> special process.

Yes, definitely.

> Please let me know if you know of any opening, or have
> any advice at all.  Even something like a good job

You might want to contact the Munich Perl Mongers,
maybe they can help? (MUC Perl Mongers <perl-mongers@42.org>)

Alas I don't know about any Perl jobs in Munich currently,
since I left Munich four years ago, so I'm not informed
anymore.

But I read (on www.heise.de) a couple of days ago that
my former employer, "software design & management",
a company specializing in tailor-made software for
large clients (e.g. banks, insurers, car manufacturers,
travel companies, railways, etc.), is hiring again.
See www.sdm.de for more.

There are also Perl tasks to be carried out in that
company, but don't stress this point too much in
your application or interview (hopefully), since
what they expect are generalists, because the
environment in which we work in changes from client
to client, from project to project.
You don't need to be a proficient COBOL expert for
example, you just should be able to program in almost
any language given a bit time to get familiar with
it - of course OO languages like Java are a bit more
difficult to get into.

The company is excellent, besides being technically
brilliant and having a really good climate, it also
excels in other aspects, e.g. it won a prize for the
second best family-friendly company in Germany.
The only disadvantage is that for elder professionals,
the salary increases lag a bit behind what you can
(or at least could, in the past!) get elsewhere.
This is because they employ mostly people who just
graduated (and for beginners the salaries are good,
or at least okay).

Maybe Eike Grote (<Eike.Grote@consol.de>) can give
you some hints about his employer (ConSol) as well.

> site would be appreciated.  So far I have used
> Monster.de, and jobs.de.  I know not very creative on
> my part!

That's okay, I did the same, but don't rely on them
a lot - the best jobs are usually found elsewhere.
You should definitely look into the Frankfurter Allgemeine
and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung for job ads.
And even the Arbeitsamt (Ministery of Work) might be
able to provide you with some interesting job offers,
don't be shy to go there (it has a bad reputation,
but in the IT field, it's not that bad!)

> I am including a ?babelfish? translation just in case.
>  I can see from your site you are a polyglot.  Keep in
> mind those are usually not very good.  I apologize if
> any of this comes out awkward through the translation.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Claudio.
> 
> Ps.  I saw your picture from Morro do Sao Paulo.  That
> place is awesome.  I ate one of the best fish ever
> right by the beach!

Yes, the place is beautiful of nature, although it's
a pity that it's not exactly what you'd call an excellent
neighbourhood...

Good luck!

Cheers,
-- 
    Steffen Beyer <sb@engelschall.com>
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