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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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…

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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?

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!

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?

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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:

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.

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.

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!

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.

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…

An introduction to errors and exceptions handling using Rust as example.

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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.

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!

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.

Interested in working in the games industry in Germany? Then you should probably know a little more about Pixi.js.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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…

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.

Thinking about moving to Berlin, but confused about all the paperwork. Follow our infographic for a smooth transition to the German capital.

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.

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.

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.

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.