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Mortonwallmachine at 2024-02-12 11:06:34+00:00 ID:
kq2g7amShouldent matter that you are a transgender person. The hard part will find the right job and visa, no matter your status. Denmark has so many applicants from all over the world for that kind of jobs and most are very qualified, so its tough to find a spot and a company that wants to deal with the hassle of helping you get a visa. Your biggest issue is getting the visa.
Do you have a masters in a relevant field?
How many years experience do you have as a software engineer or Cloud Architect?
If you are very experienced and educated you should just start looking, it should be possible for you to find something, there are many companies where you can get by with just english
LoreZyra (OP) at 2024-02-12 14:12:19+00:00 ID:
kq30fh9Writing software professionally for over 20 years and managing cloud environments (AWS) for the past decade. Been an engineering manager and now Cloud Architect.
DoggyDogLife at 2024-02-12 14:58:31+00:00 ID:
kq37253Do you have a masters? I don't know IT, but a masters is still a prerequisite in many fields.
LoreZyra (OP) at 2024-02-12 15:02:40+00:00 ID:
kq37ofhI graduated college in 2000 with Electronics Engineering and Computer Science degrees. Not masters… so, are you saying that my 20+ years professional experience is irrelevant if I don’t have a masters degree?
Zeitcon at 2024-02-12 15:09:23+00:00 ID:
kq38p7dNo need to worry. You will be fine. In IT, experience trumps diplomas.
DoggyDogLife at 2024-02-12 15:10:40+00:00 ID:
kq38w9yYou are competing with Danes/EU citizens with a masters degree. Make of that what you will. There's only one way to find out if your experience can compete with that.
LoreZyra (OP) at 2024-02-12 15:22:02+00:00 ID:
kq3anrhMaybe it’s different in Denmark, but as a hiring manager I never cared about the school or degree you have when you have over a decade of professional experience.
DoggyDogLife at 2024-02-12 15:45:02+00:00 ID:
kq3eaw2It is different in Denmark.
Itsamesolairo at 2024-02-12 16:22:25+00:00 ID:
kq3khhrPeople will absolutely care LESS when hiring for very senior (i.e decades of experience) roles, but there is some measure of degree snobbery at every level in Denmark.
Peter_Ebbesen at 2024-02-12 16:22:14+00:00 ID:
kq3kgalDegrees matter a lot in Denmark, as it is a highly educated society, but less in IT than other areas of the job market.
What will count most is your professional experience and your personality if/when interviewed, but if you are competing with people who have equivalent experience and are considered to fit the company culture equally well and they have a stronger CS background with a masters degree or higher, the lack of a masters degree will count against you. (As it will in any job that requires a masters or higher, obviously, but most don't.)
Your transgender status should be irrelevant, and with regards to language any larger company will only require good written and spoken English if you don't speak Danish, most smaller as well, so you've got that covered.
As others have said, go for it.
If you have the skills, the hardest thing is likely to be the residency and work permit. DO check out this page for people new to Denmark: https://nyidanmark.dk/en-GB
CramNBL at 2024-02-12 19:14:06+00:00 ID:
kq4ehscThe people saying that it's different in Denmark are right but when it comes to IT they are dead wrong. None of my Software/electrical engineering colleagues have master degrees, and by now it's the norm in Software engineering to stop after a bachelor's degree (+6 months of paid internship). Your degree is good enough that no one will think twice, they will look at your experience and be impressed.
ACatWithASweater at 2024-02-13 00:13:08+00:00 ID:
kq5tgyySpecifically in IT, there are many different paths to get into the field. Most places don't care about degrees or grades as long as you know your stuff (work experience does make landing a job easier, though.)
Mortonwallmachine at 2024-02-12 14:33:40+00:00 ID:
kq33euoThen go for it. I am pretty confident that you can find a spot here with that background. Good luck
ReasonableEast1726 at 2024-02-12 17:00:40+00:00 ID:
kq3r2qkDanes LOVES americans and you will have it easier than any other nationality applying.
calc-exe at 2024-02-13 10:09:08+00:00 ID:
kq7pz67AWS isn't that big in Denmark, Azure is preferred, but I do know that Novo Nordisk uses it. Novo is very inclusive and are hiring people like crazy at the moment.