u/DerelictUsername

Hi, all. I am an American who became a German citizen recently and I really want to move there without pausing my career in the Energy Industry. I have been applying to a bunch of jobs— market exchanges, power providers, transmission operators, regulators, and consultancies.

So far I have gotten one call back from a power provider. Most places give me automatic rejections ~24 hours later. i’m not really sure why this is because I even get these automatic rejections when I meet the language requirements and when I feel like I’m fully qualified for the job. I think I have a big disadvantage in that I am only familiar with American energy markets.

I only speak English (I’ve been learning German, but I’m still only A2/B1) so that limits me to the places that work more internationally and operate in English. Those are most commonly the consultancies. Sometimes even if a place says they need English and German I’ve applied anyway just in case.

I really want to live in a major city. I feel a desire to live in Germany because that’s where I got my citizenship. But I would consider other major cities in the EU. Though… I’ve seen some discourse on this sub Reddit suggesting that looking for work outside of Germany might be more advantageous.

I work for one of the ISOs in the USA, and have been there for 8 years, working with the Energy and Capacity Markets. I have a master’s in Energy Policy that’s really US based.

I would welcome any advice or comments or suggestions on places to apply. Thank you!

Submitted to the NYC Consulate December 2023
Aktenzeichen received June 2024

Approval June 2026! Right on schedule!

I'm so thrilled to be at the end of this journey. Thank you to everyone on this sub who offered support! I'm going to update the tracker right now

Edit: something unique about my case in case this helps anyone down the line… my emigrant ancestor was an illegal immigrant to the US. As such, he was not documented on any ship manifest. So I couldn‘t prove the year he entered the US. What I did instead, was I got certified copies of the 1920 and 1930 census where he declared the year he came to the US consistently. He listed the same year on his Naturalization documents. While these documents don‘t prove anything, the BVA evidently found this acceptable. And I’m so happy they did!

I'm going to be staying in NYC for two weeks in late July/early August. I'm trying to get an appointment to pick up the certificate + apply for a passport, because it would be so convenient if I could do that while I'm already in the city. But it looks like everything is booked up. I'm going to take a look every couple days. If anyone has any advice on that front, please let me know.

Edit: I ended up getting an appointment later the same day for the date I wanted. I thought they opened them up 7 weeks ahead but it must be earlier.

…would be one with 13 months, and each month has 28 days each.

No more remembering which months have 30 and which have 31

Every month would have exactly 4 weeks. Every month would start on a Monday and end on a Sunday, consistently. Months would also line up with the lunar cycle (for the most part).

There would be one day left over (two on leap years) that wouldn’t belong to any month. That would be a “free” day, and could be our new New Years.

There’s a 0% chance anyone will ever use this, but I want it so bad.

Any suggestions for what to name the 13th month, and where to put it?