Perhaps I could help you with your feeling of failure with some data of mine:
I can't post half of my career here due to a technically illegal NDA breaching of which would still result in an long and expensive court battle so here are my numbers:
I got my first real job in early 2012.
2015-2017: €27k (€21.5k after taxes because of magical tax breaks for "new companies" - actually B2B contractors)
2017-present: €31 (€23.4k after taxes)
I currently spend half of my time in Warsaw, Poland and the other half in Bologna, Italy, so my living expenses are low, but not low low, e.g. I rent a studio apartment for €500 + other expenses.
I also reached the hourly rate cap for my position at my company so in order to get a raise I would need to switch jobs, which is what I'm intending to do by the end of the year.
I can't post half of my career here due to a technically illegal NDA breaching of which would still result in an long and expensive court battle so here are my numbers:
I got my first real job in early 2012.
2015-2017: €27k (€21.5k after taxes because of magical tax breaks for "new companies" - actually B2B contractors)
2017-present: €31 (€23.4k after taxes)
I currently spend half of my time in Warsaw, Poland and the other half in Bologna, Italy, so my living expenses are low, but not low low, e.g. I rent a studio apartment for €500 + other expenses.
I also reached the hourly rate cap for my position at my company so in order to get a raise I would need to switch jobs, which is what I'm intending to do by the end of the year.
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