Developer Careers Hannah Augur
There are many reasons you might be drawn to live in Switzerland: amazing scenery, outdoor adventures from skiing to hiking, great fondue! And for developers, a vibrant working culture with huge demand for more software engineers and a booming startup scene. In 2019 Switzerland attracted $445 million in investments, and unlike more US-centric working cultures, overtime is much less expected, even in startups. Which means that you can enjoy a great salary, great job opportunities and great quality of life, with plenty of time on the weekends to enjoy your newfound love of mountains.
Developer Careers Hannah Augur
One of the great things about the developer’s skillset is that you can take it around the world. From Europe to Asia to the US, developers can apply their expertise and enjoy work and life across the globe, making it easier than ever to try new things, experience new cultures and leave your hometown for a taste of something fresh.
Developer Careers Oliwia Schildt
After many months of Covid-19, we still feel the impact on global mobility and international hiring. From one day to the next, borders and embassies were closed and even the German authorities worked at a limited capacity. It’s still a frustrating time for both sides of the hiring coin: the talent who was eagerly ready to relocate and the company who wants to fill their tech position as soon as possible.
Developer Careers Yagmur Aslan
Congratulations! You’ve received an invitation to interview for your dream developer job. However, there’s a catch: it’s taking place over a computer screen, and because of this there are a few things you need to do differently to prepare.
It may be more difficult for some of us to look at the camera and talk rather than communicate face-to-face; however, you will find that video interviews, independent of location and time, provide great convenience. Check out our recommendations to ace your video interview!
Developer Careers Oliwia Schildt
We’ve faced and overcome a whole range of challenges presented to us by Covid-19 and finally adjusted to our ‘new normal’. However, what we don’t have to accept as the ‘new normal’ is the inability to relocate abroad. While there are many processes that aren’t working as usual, and there are limitations when applying for visas, there may be more ways around them than you think.
Developer Careers Stefan Kingham
Hey, developer! You might have heard that we’re looking for authors who can share their secrets with our community - well, it’s true. We need experts who are in the biz and want to share their advice and knowledge with other developers in the community. If you’ve got some killer stories to tell or some ideas about growth and career development, we’d love to hear about it.
Developer Careers George Foster
A computer science degree is no longer a prerequisite for establishing a programming career these days. In fact, most of today’s successful programmers are self-taught while others participated in a coding boot camp that fast-tracked their learning process.
Developer Careers Geneva Brooks
Vienna is often said to be one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and for the past 10 years has also claimed the title of most liveable! With a growing tech scene, a world-class transportation system, and a rich cultural history, Vienna is a fantastic option for developers looking to move to Europe.
Thinking of moving to Vienna yourself? Check out the infographic below to discover everything you’ve always wanted to know about Austria’s capital!
Developer Careers Geneva Brooks
Across Europe, tech companies are increasingly turning to international talent to propel their companies to success. Finding the best and brightest developers - wherever they come from - is key to competing on an international scale.
Increasing the diversity of companies also brings a lot awesome perks along with it! International colleagues bring knowledge of new languages and international markets, not to mention creativity and new perspectives. They can enhance and add to your workplace culture, and studies have even shown that increased diversity can boost overall company performance…
Developer Careers Geneva Brooks
To succeed in today’s fast-paced and hyper-connected world, it is critically important for companies to find and retain the very best technical talent to propel growth. Across Germany, companies are adapting their sourcing, hiring, and onboarding processes to attract talent– and the growing shortage of technical talent across Europe means candidates are increasingly coming from abroad.
Whether you are a company looking to hire international talent or a developer trying to figure out how to move to Germany, it’s important to understand both the process and the options available to you.
Developer Careers Mia Bijman
We recently caught up with the talented, young Dutch developer Lydia Hallie for a quick chat about starting to program, important coding languages, and how her 2017 Medium article ‘Advice from a 19 Year Old Girl & Software Developer’ helped her to create a nexus with the developer community. Her do-it-yourself attitude and engaging, fun personality made it a blast to get to know her.
Developer Careers Geneva Brooks
Finding an apartment, or even a shared flat, can be difficult in Berlin–especially if you are new in town. The good news is that Honeypot is here to help make your move as smooth as possible and to welcome you to Berlin with open arms!
In this post, you’ll find 15 tips to assist you in your search for the perfect home.
Developer Careers Stefan Kingham
Update: We recently analysed 12,000 data points to find out what developers are being paid across the Netherlands today. We found that the average developer earns €56k.
Find the rest of our report, including salaries by experience, role and more here.
Ever considered jetting off to Amsterdam and joining the city’s booming tech scene? Well, perhaps you should! Boasting more than 60k tech professionals working at over 1,000 tech companies, globally-recognised homegrown success stories such as Booking.com, Tomtom and Adyen and the European HQs of some of the world’s biggest tech giants including Netflix, Uber and Tesla, Amsterdam is fast becoming one of the hottest technology cities in Europe, if not the world.
Being home to so many growing tech companies, the demand for tech candidates in Amsterdam is understandably sky-high and companies are engaging in all sorts of tactics to attract and retain the talent they so desperately need. Workplace perks and training opportunities are usually part of the package, but Amsterdam-based companies also pride themselves on their ability to provide competitive salaries. In actual fact, according to Hubspot, tech candidates in Amsterdam earn a higher average net salary than those based in London, Dublin, Paris or Berlin.
So, let’s dive into the specifics! How much do engineering managers and frontend, backend and full-stack developers make in Amsterdam on average?
The average salary for a software developer in Amsterdam is between €45-50,000/year for a developer with 2-6 years of experience. The most experienced developers earn an average of €55,000 (though this can reach as high as over €70,000), while starting salary for a developer in Amsterdam averages €36,000.
Engineering Managers have the highest-earning developer role in Amsterdam, with a moderately experienced Manager earning €62,500/year. Backend Engineers are the next highest-earning, with a median salary of €50-55,000 for moderately experienced engineers. Frontend and Full-Stack average slightly lower salaries, between €45-50,000 with moderate experience.
To work as a software engineer in Amsterdam, you will likely need a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field. Typical duties of a software developer include:
We gathered data from our platform to make the following infographic. The data is taken from offers which have been sent to our talents and gives some insight into average salaries for developers in Amsterdam.
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Developer Careers Priscilla Tenggara
Dubbed as one of the most inventive cities in the world and the birthplace of Philips electronics, Eindhoven sits south of the Dutch capital. With over 22.6 patents produced per 100,000 residents, this innovative city is gaining attention from tech talents and international entrepreneurs. The growing startup community in Eindhoven is spearheaded by Brainport Eindhoven, a space created by the municipality to stimulate tech and design collaborations.
Developer Careers Oliwia Schildt
The EU Blue Card offers many other benefits to potential card holders that might be attractive to you - Let´s explore what is in for you once you land your dream job!
Developer Careers Stefan Kingham
After really taking off in 2017, growing from a niche technology to something that’s actually being used by thousands of serious companies, GraphQL has gone on to redefine how developers work with APIs and is fast on its way to becoming the new standard for client-server communication.
Developer Careers Stefan Kingham
While it may get less attention than the capital city Amsterdam, Rotterdam shows promising potential to be the next innovative and technology hub of the Netherlands. Internationally known as the “gateway to Europe”, Rotterdam has grown considerably over the last few years and its tech scene is rapidly gaining traction and momentum - to the extent that it’s been given the nickname of “Boston of the Netherlands”.
Developer Careers Stefan Kingham
As much as some people like to believe that Silicon Valley is the centre of the universe when it comes to tech, the encouraging truth for Europeans is that investments are at an all-time high and the state of the European tech scene is the strongest it has ever been.
Developer Careers Stefan Kingham
Unless you’re a well-seasoned JavaScript developer with a deep understanding of JS frameworks and a fondness for code-filled guides and tutorials, you probably know how tricky it can be to find reliable and quality information online regarding Ember.js interview questions.
So, in order to assist Ember.js developers in their interview preparations and provide tech recruiters with a brief overview of what potential candidates should ideally know about the Ember.js framework, we’ve put together this handy list of Ember.js interview questions!
Developer Careers Stefan Kingham
Calling all frontend developers, GraphQL experts and fellow tech enthusiasts, can you believe it’s already been one whole year since GraphQL Europe 2017!?
That’s right peeps, GraphQL Europe 2018 is just around the corner (June 15th to be precise) and we can hardly contain our excitement!! Prepare to be blown away by our speakers’ in-depth knowledge of GraphQL, ready yourself for some amazing encounters and get yourselves pumped up for the mandatory closing ceremony rap battle.
Developer Careers Stefan Kingham
As a bunch of self-confessed tech addicts, there’s nothing we love more than to dissect the latest GitHub repositories in search of interesting open source projects, and we’re constantly amazed at the sheer volume of new additions and the united manner in which the dev community gets behind them.
So, what open source projects are making waves in the tech community in 2018?
Developer Careers Hunter Wright
Knowing what to include in a job profle can be tricky. Honeypot’s got your back with a step-by-step guide to creating a great profile on our platform. Follow these guidelines to make the most out of your profile and get lots of interview invites!
Developer Careers Hunter Wright
American developers are increasingly looking to Europe for new opportunities. Comparing data from January to September 2017 to the same period in the previous year, there has been a 50% increase in the number of developers from the United States signing up to Honeypot. What opportunities exist for American software developers in Europe?
Developer Careers Hunter Wright
The Netherlands 30% tax ruling is attractive for highly skilled international workers. This ruling entitles employees who are new to the Netherlands to a 30% tax exemption. It is intended to be used as a means of reimbursing the employee for costs incurred through the relocation process. However, neither the employee nor employer is required to provide proof of any costs incurred in order to prove eligibility. Here is our breakdown of what is required and how it works:
Developer Careers Sviatlana Dzenisevich
Phone and non-technical interviews tend to focus on company culture, the ability to work in a team, and problem-solving skills, making them difficult to prepare for and predict. For the hiring process from the HR side, check out our blog on best methods in hiring and recruiting developers. Here are our tips for developers to succeed at both phone and non-technical interviews.
Developer Careers Hunter Wright
Update: We recently analysed 13,000 data points to find out what developers are being paid across Germany today. In short, we found that the average developer salary across Germany is €63k.
Germany is a great location for developers to find jobs. A developer survey done by Stack Overflow for the year 2017 lists the highest paid programming languages and IT jobs in Germany:
According to PayScale, the median salary for a software developer in Germany in 2017 is €46,163 a year. For a more detailed breakdown of developer salaries in Berlin, check out one of our previous posts.
Along with a high salary, Germany offers foreign developers the chance to work in English.
Germany was ranked by Education First as the ninth best country for English proficiency in the world. Here’s how some of Germany’s major cities including Cologne (Köln), Stuttgart, and Düsseldorf stacked up in percentage of proficient English speakers per city:
Stuttgart was ranked ahead of Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Berlin as the second best city for IT jobs in Germany by Jobspotting. Stuttgart’s high median developer salary is certainly attractive:
This beats the German-wide median by more than €3,000 annually.
Java Developers earn on average €59,180 a year in Stuttgart, with a median income of €55,000. This means that being a Java developer in Stuttgart will earn you €10,000 more a year than the average developer there.
We see a drop in median salary when looking at Cologne:
Cologne ranks in the top three of English proficiency when compared to other major German cities making it an especially good destination for non-German speaking developers.
As the host of Gamescom, Cologne is a huge Mecca for gamers. A chance to test out games before anyone else, while taking part in cinema style trailer screenings, attracts more than 350,000 attendees every year.
Median developer salaries in Düsseldorf are €1,700 more a year when compared to Cologne:
Software Engineers can expect a high median salary of €50,421 when working in Düsseldorf.
Düsseldorf comes in last for English proficiency among major German cities. However, as it is only 1 or 2 percentage points behind tech cities like Berlin or Stuttgart, this difference isn’t a deal breaker.
Cologne, Stuttgart, and Düsseldorf have all seen tremendous growth in their demand for developer talent. However, Stuttgart stands out due to its high salaries, solidly ranked English proficiency level, and the jobs security and stability provided by large corporations headquartered there.
Listed on EU-Startups Top 10 startups to watch in 2017, our mission is to get every developer a great job. The ability to compare job offers side by side while stating your preferences and only getting relevant offers makes Honeypot one-of-a-kind. Visit us here
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
There are between 1,900 and 2,600 tech startups in the Amsterdam-Startup Delta, the geographical triangle, which covers Amsterdam, the Hague and Eindhoven. Whatsmore, large tech companies such as Uber, Tesla, Avazu, Elastic and Atlassian, have major offices in the Dutch Capital. That means a lot of demand for developers. But how does this demand translate into the average salary of a developer in Amsterdam?
Developer Careers Kamal Naeem
Though Germany is known for it’s strong manufacturing industry, most would be surprised to learn some of computing’s greatest innovations come from the country. A German developer today has a lot to be proud of, as the list of German computer scientists, inventors, and visionaries shows! Here are five of their most exciting contributions.
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
When it comes to finding the right job, timing isn’t everything, but it can certainly be influential. Paying close attention to annual recruitment cycles might give you a decisive edge in finding your perfect role. For software developers in particular, January is one of the best times to find a new job.
Developer Careers Kado Damball
With the rise of automation in nearly every industry, there is still a considerable debate on the nature of jobs responsible for the automation. Jobs can vary from linguistics in natural language processing, predictive modeling in data mining to software engineers in self-driving cars. However, there has to be some underlying distinction between the jobs, at least as far as machine learning (ML) is concerned.
Developer Careers Johanna Dahlroos
Ada Lovelace is a household name for most technology enthusiasts, but when asked to name other influential women in technology, this often turns out to be quite challenging. Technology and science have traditionally been considered male-dominated fields, so perhaps it’s not so surprising that only 12% of engineers are women, despite of the fact that women make up 47% of the total work force.
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
JavaScript is both bizarre and beautiful. It is a language in which 0.1 + 0.2 is not equal to 0.3. But It is also the most used language for open source contributions on GitHub. Inspired by the infinite quirks of JavaScript, Angus Croll, the creator of popular blog JavaScript JavaScript, authored If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript, a book in which he imagines 25 famous novelists, poets and playwrights solving simple problems in JavaScript.
Developer Careers Sasha Pliusnina
The term Agile first appeared in 2001 in the Agile Manifesto. Agile prioritizes short iterations, early delivery, continuous integration, and fast responses to market changes and customers feedback. Since that time, Agile has become incredibly popular and is used by companies such as Google, Electronic Arts, Salesforce and Amazon.
Developer Careers Sasha Pliusnina
Ruby was developed in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro Matsumoto, as an object-oriented scripting language, which was more robust and flexible than either Python or Perl. The release of the Rails framework in 2004 catapulted Ruby to fame outside Japan and since then a passionate open-source community has developed. Today the language is used in production at many tech companies.
Developer Careers Kathrine Nicolaisen
Frontend development tools have come a long way in the last few years. CSS preprocessors, JavaScript libraries and frameworks, and JavaScript testing tools improve workflow, speed up development and provide greater possibilities for responsive design.
Developer Careers Kado Damball
“Fullstack developer” is a controversial tagline in any job posting. The term, which dates back to the 90s, with the rise of AJAX and multi-device rendering concerns, remains contested by many. And while the role does have its place, the term itself needs a serious update. Its time to say hello to the generalist developer.
Developer Careers Kathrine Nicolaisen
Are you a student trying to choose your first programming language? Or perhaps you are an experienced developer wondering which backend language should I learn next? Regardless of motivation, accessing information about new technologies has never been easier, but how does one navigate this jungle of coding languages? In order to make your life a little easier, Honeypot has created this guide for backend developers to salary ranges and demand for backend developers in Berlin, followed by our picks for the top 25 Berlin-based companies split by technology:
Developer Careers Sasha Pliusnina
At Honeypot, we talk to hundreds of developers each week, who keep us up-to-date on trends in technology and tools. We have been paying close attention to the blogs they recommend and to celebrate the diverse world of frontend, we created this (semi-) definitive list of frontend blogs! We’ve also tracked up-and-coming blogs since this article’s publication and added them to the list to make this the definitive 2020 guide to frontend blogs. Topics covered range from CSS and HTML to modern JavaScript MVC frameworks and User Experience.
Developer Careers Giovanni Capuano
Honeypotters take the open source world very seriously.
We use developers’ GitHub profiles to evaluate the code of talents that will hopefully join our batches. As our platform uses lots of open source components and the tech team members themselves contribute to many open source projects,
we are very happy when we have the possibility to share our internal products with the world.
Developer Careers Johanna Dahlroos
Ready to make the move to Amsterdam? Follow our handy move to Amsterdam infographic to make the process as smooth as good glass of jenever!
Developer Careers Johanna Dahlroos
What does it take to become a great developer? Its all about learning from the best! This infographic highlights 29 things every beginner programmer should know. Big shout out to our friends at Firehose for coming up with this fail-safe list!
Developer Careers Andreas-Ioannis Loupasakis
To be successful in hiring developers, you should evaluate your hiring process as you would the UX of your product. Developers are hugely in demand and going the extra mile with employer branding is key to hiring a great team. In this post, we list five of the top things developers want to know before accepting a job.
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
How do US cities compare to European cities when it comes to the average time to hire developers? We compared survey data of Silicon Valley, New York, London, Amsterdam and Berlin with our own Honeypot averages and the results are pretty interesting…
Developer Careers Kathrine Nicolaisen
With a fast growing start-up and tech scene, what does Hamburg have to offer developers? Well: A lot apparently! This list covers the most exciting developer conferences in Hamburg, as well as some pretty interesting meetups, seminars and smaller events. Ranging from UX to Python to more political matters such as diversity in Tech - There should be something to satisfy the needs of the most discerning hacker-heart.
Developer Careers Giovanni Capuano
An introduction to errors and exceptions handling using Rust as example.
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
We hosted our first tech meetup last Wednesday, to a packed crowd of about 65 developers, in the new offices of TechCode near Alexanderplatz. GraphQL was the topic and we had three talks from Oleg Iiyenko, author of Sangria, a Scala GraphQL implementation, Johannes Schickling, Co-founder of Graph.cool and Yann Simon, a Scala backend developer.
Developer Careers Hugo Duksis
It’s nice to have your static pages being deployed and served separately
from your application. This can give you benefits like smaller downtimes,
shorter deploys, reduced load on you application servers and more.
Of course there can also be downsides like more complicated setup.
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
Slack channels are to our generation what forums were to the nineties generation. Outside of the office, the team messaging tool is being used to link groups of people passionate about certian niche topics. At Honeypot, we are big fans of Slack. To share the love, we have come up with a (slightly incomplete) list of the best slack channels for developers. Get slacking people!
Developer Careers Johanna Dahlroos
In the mid-1980s, while the number of women entering medicine, law and physical science studies began to accelerate, the number of women entering computer science began to fall dramatically. This infographic asks why and looks at the impact that shift has had on modern day software development.
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
Interested in working in the games industry in Germany? Then you should probably know a little more about Pixi.js.
Developer Careers Johanna Dahlroos
Interested in working as a developer in Berlin? Want to know how much you can earn? Check out our handy infographic for more details about salaries for developers in Berlin.
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
Berlin’s packs in numerous developer conferences throughout the year - so many that it can be hard to keep track. This post lists some of our favourite developer conferences in Berlin. The list focuses on events running from summer onwards, giving you time to book early!
Developer Careers Sasha Pliusnina
As a rapidly growing European startup hub, the number of jobs for developers in Berlin is ever increasing. And along with that development comes a vibrant IT-community with plenty of events and meetups to go to. In order to bring together the female contingent of this community and share experiences, knowledge and help each others on the career track, we have created a list of meetups and groups for female developers in Berlin.
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
We had a little fun over the new year, by dressing our little Honeypot mascot up as some famous computer programmers, developers and scientists from history. Check out the full results of #12devs below!
Developer Careers Emma Tracey
Caring about the balance of women and men in your tech team makes sense not just from an equality perspective, but also from a business standpoint. With ever increasing numbers of women graduating from science, maths and technology subjects in Germany, the time is right to consider diversity as a business imperative rather than an simple box-ticking exercise.
Developer Careers Hugo Duksis
Every developer on Honeypot is prescreened before being accepted into a batch. This is beneficial for both sides: for devs, passing the challenge grants access to a platform with high quality companies and job offers, and for companies,
pre-screening simplifies their work. Here’s how it all works…
Developer Careers Sasha Pliusnina
Relocating to another country is scary and complicated. Amongst all those cultural clashes, one of the biggest comforts is help and advice from fellow countrymen. As a Russian-speaker myself and a (fairly) recent arrival in Berlin, this post is designed as a guide to the Russian-speaking IT-community in the German capital.
Developer Careers Johanna Dahlroos
Thinking about moving to Berlin, but confused about all the paperwork. Follow our infographic for a smooth transition to the German capital.
Developer Careers Johanna Dahlroos
The Blue Card is Europe’s visa for highly-skilled “third-country nationals.” Third-country nationals sounds like something from a spy novel to us, but it’s common parlance among legislative types and is used to describe non-EU nationals who are applying for visas.
Developer Careers Frederik Bohn
My girlfriend and I recently moved to Berlin. Given my German citizenship and extensive stay in the U.S., I have had my fair share of experiences with immigration services, the countless barriers and hurdles, the ever “friendly” and “welcoming” government employees and, of course the obscene application and processing fees that would be far more usefully put towards rent, food, or even a brief get-away.
Developer Careers Eyal Matzkel
Salary is one of the biggest taboo topics in work environments. Developers, like other employees, want to know whether they’re getting paid well enough, how they rank compared to their peers, and whether they could be getting more somewhere else. Yet, people have a hard time asking for a raise – in fact, “how to ask for a raise” is one of the highest ranking “how to” questions on Google.
Developer Careers Fabio Migliorini
You have heard you are being entered into a batch. But you’re a bit confused about what it is, how it works and why Honeypot uses it to organize your job hunt. In this post, we chat to Fabio, one of Honeypot’s hardworking Talent Reps to figure it all out.