Recently a dear friend asked me to list some of
the false assumptions I had when I first arrived in Germany from Canada over 30
years ago. To set the scene... I was in my mid-twenties carrying a recently acquired
electrical engineering degree under my arm. I had visited friends in Germany
numerous times during my studies. They worked in German theatres (story for
another time) as dancers, actors and musicians, and all those wonderful visits convinced
me that Germany was the place I wanted to be.
There were also
numerous international medical equipment companies, the field of my choice, located
here. So after graduation, I packed my two bags and flew over one fine October
day in 1982 to build a new life in Europe. The fact that I
didn’t speak any German did not deter me.
Which brings me to
Misconception #1.
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