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So I may have an opportunity to move to Germany for work within the next couple of years. VP of engineering raised the idea with me last week - no guarantees at this point, more of a talking about it situation.
Company is between Stuttgart and Munich. Professionally, it would be a great opportunity for me - Germany is where all of our R & D will eventually be (I am a product development engineer). My role would basically be representing the US market needs to their engineering team, and me living there would really help bridge that gap and forge those relationships. When I come back, I would continue that role.
Personal concerns: I am married, kids ages 21, 9, 11. Wife and young kids are all in. Oldest kid - he's kind of a "failure to launch" scenario. Not sure what he does if he's not sleeping in my basement.
My wife is a real estate agent. Thinking maybe she could fly back a week a month to keep her business flowing. We would be looking at ~$10k/ year in airline expenses for her to do that - probably worth it in that she could make that much with a couple transactions.
The kids would probably have to go to a private school because they don't speak any German. That's another $25k/year.
My house - I could certainly rent it out for less than my mortgage. I could probably even make an extra $500/month or more, so that isn't much of a concern.
Anyone out there done something similar? What do I need to be concerned about?
Company is between Stuttgart and Munich. Professionally, it would be a great opportunity for me - Germany is where all of our R & D will eventually be (I am a product development engineer). My role would basically be representing the US market needs to their engineering team, and me living there would really help bridge that gap and forge those relationships. When I come back, I would continue that role.
Personal concerns: I am married, kids ages 21, 9, 11. Wife and young kids are all in. Oldest kid - he's kind of a "failure to launch" scenario. Not sure what he does if he's not sleeping in my basement.
My wife is a real estate agent. Thinking maybe she could fly back a week a month to keep her business flowing. We would be looking at ~$10k/ year in airline expenses for her to do that - probably worth it in that she could make that much with a couple transactions.
The kids would probably have to go to a private school because they don't speak any German. That's another $25k/year.
My house - I could certainly rent it out for less than my mortgage. I could probably even make an extra $500/month or more, so that isn't much of a concern.
Anyone out there done something similar? What do I need to be concerned about?
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