Assuming you’re remotely good at what you do and can get hired at any of the (many) higher paying bigtech / fintech companies in NYC, your pay in London will *at best* be half of what it could be in NYC and you’ll probably pay more in taxes. The difference in cost of living will not make up for that. Those saying it will don’t understand how much money there is in tech.
Also, if you value your career, you have waaaaay more opportunities in the states for tech. More interesting / cutting edge work as well.
That being said, I would move to London if I could get US pay and career opportunities there. And the option to spend the winters working remotely from somewhere sunny.
If you can get work visas in the US, move there. You will have to give up on cleanliness though. You can always move to Europe or anywhere else later with your savings from the much much higher american pay. The reverse will be very hard financially.
Assuming you’re remotely good at what you do and can get hired at any of the (many) higher paying bigtech / fintech companies in NYC, your pay in London will *at best* be half of what it could be in NYC and you’ll probably pay more in taxes. The difference in cost of living will not make up for that. Those saying it will don’t understand how much money there is in tech.
Also, if you value your career, you have waaaaay more opportunities in the states for tech. More interesting / cutting edge work as well.
That being said, I would move to London if I could get US pay and career opportunities there. And the option to spend the winters working remotely from somewhere sunny.
If you can get work visas in the US, move there. You will have to give up on cleanliness though. You can always move to Europe or anywhere else later with your savings from the much much higher american pay. The reverse will be very hard financially.