23M from the USA studying my masters in energy engineering in Munich, Germany.
I have enjoyed Munich so far (1 year in) and made some occasional, hang out sometimes on the weekends type friends, but no close friends I can talk to daily or every other day about anything deeper than surface level stuff. I am scared this will just continue if I choose to live here long term, as making friends in Germany without speaking German is notoriously hard. If I were offered an internship or full time position, I would make it a priority to learn German.
I was planning to go back to the US to start looking for jobs after graduating, but I might have an opportunity to intern and then maybe work at a famous Bavarian automotive company as a battery engineer. I love the benefits of working here and work-life balance, even at a lower salary. The salary at this company is also a bit higher than other companies in the region for my position.
This has got me thinking where would you guys recommend to stay?
Weather is not an issue for me as I really enjoy Munich’s weather — it is pretty similar to the Northeast where I’m from.
Thanks!
Learning German … for that you indeed have to be at least an engineer!
I 'm suprised, because young people and the ones who studied do speak English. But okay.
How easy is German? Lesson one, translate the word “the”. That is easy in English but can be in German … der, des, dem, den, die, das. Depending … see the German gramar. Germany, German people too do not take many new modern English words in their language. Take a motorbike, the carburator. In Dutch language (spoken in the Netherlands and part of Belgium, it is carburateur. In German they invent their own word, here it is called Vergaser. Dutch, the television is de tv, in German der Fernseher (Far looker). But, from own experiences, just learn some of the language and the mistakes you make will be forgiven, because you have the sympathy that you invested time and energy to learn at least some basic. So … good luck.