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!
Stay. As someone who is in your age and still in the states looking to get that kind of opportunity, stay there and make us proud. Also make Americans look good so that they will want more. The filth and embarrassment of dealing with the American system just brings me to my knees every day after work. I have friends in Austria and every time we meet, I always realize how much of my life I’ve already wasted on corporate bullshit greed, and the American mentality of burying your head in the sand on weekend football after gettign your measly 5% raise. I beg to question if you would ever want to come back once your constants offering you a place to stay and work vehicle and when you start having minimal expenses. Along wit the fact that you have 50€ train ride to a different country for the weekend as opposed to a 400$ plane ticket to another state that is just as shitty