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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.

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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.

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.

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