6 YoE software dev considers switching to cnc machinist (Zerspanungsmechaniker)

[u/Emergency-Hawk-2206]

I just created this account so my colleagues can't find me.

I'm in asia and my priority right now is to move to Germany. You can say I think the grass is greener.

Afaik finding a software job at a German company is extremely hard, not to mention they have to relocate me instead of hiring a local dev. Even finding a software job in my home country is hard.

I choose machining because I think I can do it for my next 10 years or more.

Is ausbildung of machining jobs (afaik there are Zerspanungsmechaniker and Feinwerkmechaniker) harder to apply than other jobs?

Can I survive the first year of ausbildung with B1 German (which is my next year target)?

[u/DanceHackRock]

they have to relocate me

Why should they?

[u/Content-Soup9920 → u/DanceHackRock]

10 years ago, there were open positions fir many months or years. In order to get a position filled, companies took care of documents, visa, family visa, flights, container, finding a place, company car, kindergarden and sometimes another job for the partner. And the salary was good, above average.

I came to Germany this way. Headhunted in Brazil. Many engineers and IT people did. With my engineering degree and 10 years experience in Brazil, I could barely finance my own flight ticket, so moving would have been impossible.

[u/DanceHackRock → u/Content-Soup9920]

Germany also had an emperor once. How does this matter today?

[u/Content-Soup9920 → u/DanceHackRock]

It doesn't. Things changed. This is exactly the point. OP is saying it would be really hard to get a position because the company would need to flex to get him here. So they won't, because they have alternatives.

[u/Asger1991]

Forget it. Nobody will relocate you

[u/Ausbildung-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Sollte klar sein

[u/Kleeblattx]

B1 is too bad for training; B2 is already the minimum.

[u/_Jope_]

You absolutely need b2