I am currently Working in London as a Front-end Engineer making £60k. I have a little over 2 YOE. I really want to move to the USA so I can make more money. I'm also a European citizen so hopefully that'll make the move easier. What do you guys recommend as the best pathway to moving to the USA from London? I also feel that it's a lot easier to do ita as a Backend engineer so I have been practicing my backend skills outside of work (I was a full stack-engineer for the first 2 years of my career). Any help is much appreciated. #engineering #software #swe #london
Dude, you can make 300-600K GBP as FE in London. When I moved to London, I got 100K, and it took me 3 years to get 600K here. Plenty of options, but you need to be good, top 0.5% I would recommend to gain at least 5-7 years of experience before moving to US. US is not a green land, layoffs, immigration problems, not talking about crime rate and shit city infrastructure. There is a value of moving, if you are building engineering career at Staff+ / Director levels
I'm so curious where you got those numbers from. Most payed companies are usually the finance / hedge fund companies but even then it's not that high.
Would be very appreciative to hear more about your move to London and experience there.
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I would caution in this climate that you want to really research the immigration story if you plan to stay. I moved from the UK many years ago and it took 6+ years even then to get a Green Card. Don’t assume it’s straightforward because it isn’t. And with the layoff culture we live in now you want to carefully play your hand if you intend to stay. That might mean finding a smaller company large enough to sponsor you where you’ll be happy for a long wait.