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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.



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