[tictac-toe]

You could go into freelancing. For normal developer gigs in Germany you'll usually get 70-80€/hour. Contracts are often for 6 months and will get extended in 6 months steps. Depending on how much you work you can make 150k+. Still not comparable to SV salaries, but better than being a permanent employee in Germany.

[DasIch]

You also have to pay employer contributions to insurance and you don’t make money, if you don’t have a contract, are sick or on vacation.

So you also have to make at least 150k+ to make up for that. If you were to make significantly less than that, say 120k you’re probably worse off in the end.

[argiope]

How do you come to 120k as break even point? I'm quite curious as which factors you have considered to get to that number.