Moving to Europe is anything but trivial. Have you looked at y'all's immigration processes recently? It can be a real bear.

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nicbou an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I made a career out of understanding this. In Germany it’s quite feasible. The only challenge is finding affordable housing, just like elsewhere. The other challenge is the speed of the process, but some cities are getting better, including Berlin. Language is a bigger issue in the current job market though.

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kergonath 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah. It is much harder now than it used to be. I know a couple of people who came from the US ~15 to 10 years ago and they had it easy. It was still a nightmare with banks that don’t want to deal with US citizens, though.

As Americans, getting a long-term visa or residency card is not too hard, provided you have a good job. It’s getting the job that’s become more difficult. For other nationalities, it can range from very easy to very hard.

	▲	trinix912 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah it depends on which countries you're interested in. Netherlands, Ireland, and the Scandinavian ones are on the easier side as they don't require language fluency to get (dev) jobs, and their languages aren't too hard to learn either.

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nothrabannosir 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If you have a US or Japanese passport and want to try NL: https://expatlaw.nl/dutch-american-friendship-treaty aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAFT . It applies to freelancers.

	▲	wickedsight 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I'm in NL, so this is my frame of reference. Also, in many companies English is the main language, so that helps.