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A little off-topic, but how hard is it for a US citizen interested in having lived in two countries in his life to get a dev job in the EU? I imagine most devs that come in from another country are coming from at least within the EU, and I was just wondering how unheard-of my case would be.

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I can't speak for the rest of the EU (I'm a US citizen working in Berlin), but it's definitely not unheard of here in Germany. In fact, it's actually becoming pretty common, thanks in part to some progressive immigration reform.

Here's a comment I posted a couple months back with more information: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6648443. Feel free also to get in touch (my email's in my profile) if you want some more advice.

Anyway, I say go for it! It'll be the best decision you've ever made. :-)

Also relevant: http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/

(American junior developer/researcher outside of Frankfurt here -- also very happy)

Your embassy provides everything you need to know ;) http://germany.usembassy.gov/acs/working_in_germany/

My brother is a US citizen and left Zappos (Las Vegas) for Soundcloud (Berlin) last year and his experience was seemingly very smooth. I think Soundcloud helped a lot with that, but it doesn't sound difficult to get your visa. With that said, he did mention that his college degree helped with that process.

super easy. getting a visa in germany is cake compared to the US. lots of tech / game companies here in berlin / germany will hire americans. just start appplying!

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