| Italian here too, 1978.
Salary is after taxes: 1999 - 12000 €/year - Junior sysadm @ ISP (startup) 2002 - 19000 €/year - Sysadmin @ large ISP Then I had issues paying my bills and mortgage, so I moved to Ireland 2007 - 42000 €/year - Senior Sysadmin @ small R&D company 2008 - 45000 €/year - Network Engineer @ large multinational 2009 - 52000 €/year - Senior Sysadmin @ fintech company 2010 - 65000 €/year - Senior Sysadm @ US startup based in IE 2012 - 70000 €/year - Devops Engineer @ US startup based in IE 2015 - 80000 €/year - Technical Lead @ remote job Now - 90000 €/year as TechOps Lead for another remote position. If I where you I'd try at least ranking up your salary moving out of Italy, then with the connections you make you can easily double or triple your salary. JM2EC. |