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How would I go about making that kind of money? I'm planning on moving to London next year. My professional background is as a web dev.

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Probably not as a web dev; senior / lead Java developer, Oracle DBA, managerial level at big companies like banks and insurance might get you closer to that. But to be blunt, you're probably not worth 200K as a web developer.

Thank you, I appreciate the honest feedback. My academic background is technical (math), but not CS.

Been wanting to transition into another role. Not sure what exactly but within software development.

Can I send you an email?

Try transitioning from full stack web dev to back end architect working with microservices and cloud infrastructure

> I'm planning on moving to London next year.

I found it really hard to find jobs that pay anywhere close to US salaries in EU. Unless things are very different now, I would plan to move to US to make 'that kind of money'.

I was going to say. Unless you have things lined up, I would hesitate to move to UK without a plan. I am saying this as my sister is attempting this very thing ( and me trying to discourage her since its a business pie in the sky kind of dream ). The days easily obtainable jobs ( especially the low level ones ) for other EU members are over. She did not seem to get that memo. On the high end of the spectrum, banking lost some jobs as a result of Brexit. Dunno about insurance.

US has its benefits, but I would consider age as a factor ( if you are younger, you may be able to worry less about insurance and whatnot ).

I code strictly frontend Typescript/React and have a total comp of about 400k with a base of 210k.

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