This is certainly an intresting post and i likethe OP attitude. We should be totally transparent about our compensation as he did. Salary is just the result of a negotiation, nothing else, in the majority of cases it does not reflect anything more than your "perceived" value.
White male born in the '88 in Italy. I have a bachelor degree and working since 2008. Here in Italy is quite uncommon to have big jumps in salaries if you want to stay in the "Technical" position.
However it's quite common to have "food stamps" for lunch as benefit ( range between 5€ to 8€ )
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.
White male born in the '88 in Italy. I have a bachelor degree and working since 2008. Here in Italy is quite uncommon to have big jumps in salaries if you want to stay in the "Technical" position.
However it's quite common to have "food stamps" for lunch as benefit ( range between 5€ to 8€ )
2008 - 18000 €/year - Junior Software Developer - Consulting Firm A
2009 - 19000 €/year - Software Developer - Consulting Firm A
2010 - 20000 €/year - Software Developer - Consulting Firm A
2011 - 21000 €/year - Software Developer - Consulting Firm A
2012 - 23000 €/year - Senior Software Developer - Online booking startup (No stock options)
2013 - 25000 €/year - Senior Software Developer - Consulting Firm B
2014 - 25000 €/year - Senior Software Developer - Consulting Firm B
2015 - 28000 €/year - Technical Lead - Consulting Firm B
2016 - 30000 €/year - Technical Lead - Consulting Firm B
2017 - 32000 €/year - Technical Lead - Consulting Firm C
2018 - 32000 €/year - Technical Lead / Solution Architect / Whatever - Consulting Firm C
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.