I interviewed at a company in Dortmund with international customers that paid really well and passed the technical interview, salary was very good for europe, but I am on hold for maybe weeks or months because the customer has not approved new requirements and even current devs are in danger of being let go.
In Munich it seems I am crazy to have a salary expectation of over €100k/year. Only have been offered positions to lead teams for €80-€90k. Individual contributor positions seem very hard to get at least at those salaries, plenty of IC positions for €45k-€60k.
Google here ghosted all my applications since last year.
It is also my experience that somewhere between 80k€ and 100k€ there is a magical barrier for 99% of all companies in Germany. Even if you are a senior. The only real chance to go above is a leading role. Of course there are some (but very few) exceptions.
Local small social network startup’s main investor decided it’s not worth it, probably due to money being not that cheap now.
Fired 30ish people, left a skeleton crew of 2 people. Abandoned the 100k MAU Android app, iOS only now.