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by zubale 3364 days ago
It doesn't mean they are welcome.
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I don't know a single person in the german tech industry who gives a shit about where you are from, did you ever live there at all?

It doesn't seem to me that immigrants are welcome in the USA either as a whole (disclaimer: i am german working for a NYC company), but the tech community is different there, more open and interested in what you can offer instead of how you look.

It's basically the same from my very own experience, your whole argument seems non sense to me, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne for example are one of the most diverse cities i have ever been to especially when i compare it to South East Asia where i currently life.

I live in Berlin.

Did you ever visit the SV to say that immigrants aren't welcome there?

Diversity does not mean mixing. You can put a lot of different fluids in a pot and they won't mix. I see a lot of different people here, but except for business (aka money) reasons, there is few mixing.

You lack reading comprehension, i said in the tech hubs immigrants are welcome more than in other parts especially rural areas.

So yes, of course SV and NYC are more open to immigration then the countryside, same as in germany.

Compared to SEA both countries (DE and USA) are super welcoming, here in Thailand as a foreigner it's damn hard, i cannot even own a business as a majority owner. Nor can i buy land, it's also next to impossible to ever get a permant residency. Other SEA countries are the same, its pretty discouraging.

I work in the Berlin startup world and i can tell you that probably the majority of people are not german. Lots of new people coming from all over the world, english is the most dominant language. I myself am the only german in a company that has employees from Brazil, US, Canada, India and Spain.
Same here, the startup I work for has ~100 employees less than a 1/5 are native German speakers. Though some team (e.g. operations, HR) are obviously more biased to people who speak the language well.
Hi, I'm moving to Berlin soon, do you mind getting in touch? Thanks!

Contact info on my HN profile.