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I have been in Berlin for 8 years and would not change it for London at all. In data science at least there's far more action here. More interesting technologies (Flink), people taking more technological risk and reaping the benefits.

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How much German do you need to speak in the Berlin startup community?

I've lived in Berlin for 3 years and have never had to use German to interact with people in the startup community. Since a high number of startup founders/employees are from other european countries, it's more practical to use English as the language of business.

There's places in Berlin where you actually can only order in english.

ZERO

But do learn German for everyday needs.

Also you might be in a meetup and some presentations might happen in German

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