๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ฐ How I went from earning $30,000/year as a Software Engineer to $1M/year traveling the world and achieving financial freedom. โœˆ๏ธ

6 June 2023 Alejandro Acosta Alejandro Acosta

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ฐ How I went from earning $30,000/year as a Software Engineer to $1M/year traveling the world and achieving financial freedom. โœˆ๏ธ๐ŸŒŸ

In 2000, I started studying Computer Science and landed my first jobs with scholarships of only $300 a month. ๐Ÿ’ป

I loved what I was doing working with open-source, but the salary was still very low. ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ’ธ

I always had one thing clear: I wanted to increase my salary to achieve financial freedom. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ฐ

I wanted to travel, see the world, and be able to pay for my things without depending on anyone. ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ

From 2000 to 2007, I worked for Spanish companies doing open-source for clients like Telefรณnica, Vodafone, BBVA, and traveled to countries like Brazil, Chile, Mexico... then my salary went from $18,000 to $40,000 annually. ๐Ÿ’ผโœˆ๏ธ

From 2007 to 2015, I launched my own free software development company, and although I managed to complete over 500 projects and build a team...

The reality is that I worked many hours and had no time for myself. I even reached a weight of 130 kg. โŒ›๏ธ๐Ÿš€

And all that effort led to about $100,000 in the bank and a salary of $1,000 a month. ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ’ผ

So I asked myself how other Software Engineers had succeeded in increasing their salaries.

I tried to sell one of my startups unsuccessfully, which made me realize ๐Ÿ’ก that the key was software development and not so much marketing and sales ๐Ÿ“ˆ.

It was then that I made the decision to move to the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ to study in San Francisco.

I completed ๐Ÿ—ฃ more than 1,000 interviews at 100 different companies and received several job offers ๐Ÿ’ผ from companies like Yahoo, Splunk, Thomson and Router, as well as some startups.

I accepted a job offer ๐Ÿ’ผ at Splunk in San Francisco, and my salary increased from $40,000 to $200,000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ annually.

I wrote the book "Cracking the DevOps Interview" ๐Ÿ“š to help others succeed in their job interviews. โœ…

Additionally, thanks to my work at Splunk, I was able to obtain the O1 visa ๐ŸŒŸ for extraordinary individuals in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ.

I joined Adobe, which allowed me to increase my salary to $600,000 ๐Ÿ’ผ in 2021. ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Microsoft offered me a job at LinkedIn, which enabled me to reach a salary of $1 million ๐Ÿ’ฐ.

Last year, I was able to work while traveling โœˆ๏ธ and achieved the goal of visiting 61 countries. ๐ŸŒ

And it wasn't until this point, after 8 years honing my skills, that I was able to achieve these results.

You don't have to waste your best years banging your head against the wall.

You can take a much faster shortcut to achieve the results I've been able to achieve.

I just uploaded a resource where I explain step by step how you can increase your salary by 40% in 6 months without working more hours.

Do you want it? ๐Ÿ˜‰

Comment the word "100K" and I'll send it to you privately ๐Ÿ“ฉ.