+1 as well: 2M LOC codebase with little to no tests and a lot of lost knowledge due to disbanded teams, people moving on etc. In my experience very common state of affairs honestly.
Promotions are an employee retention tool. In a hot market, they come by easily. In a cool market, they are harder to get. Outside of your company they might mean very little. If you get a higher salary, good for you :-)
These are the places where the person sitting next to you and doing pretty much the same job as you could be making half of what you are making simply because you have a CERN contract and they work for a contractor.
I tried in Italian. Speech to text is impressive: kudos. The conversation was definitely weird and very repetitive. It needs more work I think. In any case, great idea and I am sure that you will soon enough get a fantastic product out.
There are a number of ways to move to Europe, or any other country for that matter. Your exact options depend dramatically on your specific situation. Things like which passport(s) do you hold, specific skillset, etc.
In general, my advice to folks looking to move to another country is "simply" to get a job in that country with a company that will sponsor your visa.
Now, one thing that I noticed over the years (and the reason for the double quotes around "simply") is that getting a job overseas is often times not trivial.
Many companies will be reluctant to even consider your application. Maybe they are afraid that you will get home-sick and leave after 6 months, maybe they do not want to deal with visa paperwork, maybe they see your hire as too expensive, maybe they are afraid of language issues... whatever the reason might be.
Whenever I changed continent, I have had most luck applying to companies with a large, mostly international workforce. These companies routinely hire people from all over the world and are used to the associated bureaucracy. They usually have immigration lawyers, which helps. In some cases, they might even have agreements with their host country that will make your visa paperwork much easier and much faster. In some cases there will be no need for a visa at all. Examples include universities and research institutions, large multinationals, NGOs etc.
You say that you do not have a degree. This might matter more in Europe than in other parts of the world but it will not make it impossible for you to find a job. I assume that you already checked out the monthly "Who's Hiring" threads and identified companies sponsoring visas. That would already be a good start.
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