alt Hacker NewsThank you! I skimmed through your text, and for a moment I thought we were working at the same company with its HQ in Paris, haha.
Honestly, you brought up a valuable point that I didn’t cover in my original comment. Living in Germany has been one of the best ways to strengthen our relationship, especially when one of us couldn’t speak German and the other stepped in to help. Some people may see this as a fragile vulnerabilitye, but I see it as part of our growth.
For me it's only about getting into the local scene more now, to learn the language. I kind of started to finally understand the German inefficiency, the distributed nature of the country and their culture. Now when we bought our apartment, the need to be part of the culture is bigger than ever. And at the same time I'm so busy for the past 10 years already, there's more work than ever in my life.
Just need to say stop one day, take a year off and go to language school.
P.S. I don't think it's the same company: the other devs are either in Paris or in Scandinavia.