Berlin advice

As I've said before, if you have the right skills ...

http://www.lfgss.com/post2437790.html

...I'd recommend attending courses at the Goethe Institute in London first before you make a move. It'll give you more confidence and a feel for German. Their courses are supposed to be very good (although I've obviously never done one there).

Ah, well I do have some German, I'd been taking lessons in London for the last year and had moved to Berlin with the aim of completing a course at the Goethe Institut in Berlin, which I have now finished!... apparently I can speak German to B1 level, though I'm a bit dubious personally...

I agree though that language is key, and I reckon I'll try and do another, cheaper, course in Berlin, and continue with some form of tutoring as I can't see myself getting very far without a much higher level in the longer term...

Bar work would do for now!