I'm a Russian citizen and have no degree, self-taught, never had a problem, until recently when I was offered a job in Berlin. As far as I understand, in order for a foreigner to be able to live and work in Germany (and that should apply to many, if not all, other European countries too) one must obtain a Blue Card, and that requires one to have a degree in the field they're going to work in.
even that can be bypassed if the company is really interested in you, they need to offer you yearly salary greater than xx000 EUR and give you contract for 1 or 2 years and you can get a blue card without university degree. i dont know the details, but im working in berlin and i know many friends with that issue
Wow! Sounds great if true... Could you, please, connect me with one of those friends of yours? I'm really willing to go, meet people, make some friends, if possible at my age, maybe, even, try to launch a dev studio. I was also considering buying a degree, but, of course, I'd much prefer a legal way.
Where are you from, if you don't mind? How is it in Berlin? I stopped following any news a while ago, but the last thing I heard was that a lot of refugees were coming to Germany and not all of them were behaving. To the extent that native Germans started leaving some cities. Is that true? Is it safe in general?
