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I have over 30 years IT experience and in my mid-40s. I'm a US citizen living in Japan and considering a move to Denmark. I'm wondering how difficult it would be to find a job as an IT (cloud) Architect or software engineer while being an obvious transgender person. (I don't think I pass as a woman by a British mile.)


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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/LoreZyra at 2024-02-12 11:00:49+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

item73 at 2024-02-12 14:50:47+00:00 ID: kq35wmc


No one is too ugly to hire, it's more about how you carry yourself, how comfortable you are in your skin, from your picture it wouldn't be a problem for me, but personality would (as it does with any candidate) matter a lot. As my mother always said "making an effort will never become old" - and I can then supplement with that is true regardless of gender and identity.

And again to the downvotes I never said impossible, I said more difficult, your best option will always be the bigger companies that has active D&I policies and where recruiting is difficult just from the volumes of people these companies need, which means that certain barriers simply doesn't apply.

Also let me just ad that your skillset, senior employee working with IT specifically hyperscalers and knows programming... You will have much less problems, companies in Denmark desperately need those skillset, you could probably be a potato that identifies as an orange... You'd still get the job.

I tend to agree with some of the other posts here that your biggest challenge will be getting a working permit....this is Denmark, we are not easy to deal with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

LoreZyra (OP) at 2024-02-12 15:14:37+00:00 ID: kq39i7j


Your comment about getting the work-visa reminds me of my first year in Japan. I was told the same thing. It was my skills and personality that landed the job and the visa with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Big_Primary2825 at 2024-02-12 17:44:38+00:00 ID: kq3yqdq


If you have the job especially in a large corporation they will get you the visa and fast