[nisa]

As a German I would love to contradict this but I tend to agree. Bureaucracy isn't such a big deal in my experience - might be different depending what area you are working in - but the leadership culture regarding software is the cause of most of the misery I've seen and I've been involved with.

Cheap as in no investments in people or software quality. Salaries are also not competitive in a lot of places.

Disregard for the user and disregard for usability.

Unfortunately most software shops locked in their customers and the lack of any technical merit pays well and is disconnected from product quality.

Only lots of bankruptcies might help. I have nothing but disdain for these people in leadership.

I've surely not seen all but I've seen enough. It's that bad.

[throwaway2037]

    > Salaries are also not competitive in a lot of places.

This implies there are other companies in the same city/region that pay better. I doubt it. From what I have seen, most German software devs are paid horribly, come to HN complain about it, then proceed to do nothing. The solution is to move to a place that pays higher salaries, like Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, or another country. Or get a 100% remote job.

[HellDunkel]

Or move on from software dev- or not even code a single line and jump to „architect“ or some other bs position straight out of university.

[xenospn]

Skip a step? In Germany? Surely you’re joking.