Fuck.

[feuervogel]

So, according to a comment on someone else's f-locked post, the age I'm going to be in 10 years, once we have few or no cats and a smaller principle on our mortgage, that is, 45, is considered "too old" to get a job in Germany, really really.

Fuck my life, fuck me, and fuck that bullshit.

I'm never going to get to move to Berlin if neither Ben (who will ALSO be 45, and a 20-year-experienced software engineer) nor I will be able to get jobs to support ourselves.

I was happy until about 10 minutes ago when I read that comment notification. Now I want to curl up and cry a lot.

Comments

[picklish]

Yuck. *hug*

[kriski]

i have to say something about that to put the comment in a bit of perspective, i hope. just not right now, i'm almost out the door to school.

this much right now, don't despair yet, not all is lost ;-)

[rike_tikki_tavi]

network drive-by comment

Speaking as a German, who lives in Berlin you can't say that 45 is too old to get a job in Germany. It depends a lot on what kind of job you are looking for and what industry you want to work in. And software engineers for example should have pretty good chances, particularly when they have some experience. Plus, trying to say today how the job situation in Berlin is going to be in ten years is insane. Lately we had trouble telling that 2 years in advance.

[amakarie.livejournal.com]

They have job restrictions after turning 45? That seems kind of...harsh. o_O;

[beth_leonard]

I wouldn't worry too much about it at the moment -- Google has failed me, but there was an article in the Wall Street Journal not too long ago about how many medical and high-tech professionals are leaving Germany, creating a bit of a shortage. You may want to look at the demographics of the field in which you wish to work and determine how many will be retired in 10 years before you give up in advance. Germany may well be importing professionals in your field to support their boomers' medical needs.

--Beth

[donaithnen.livejournal.com]

:( *hugs*