[f0e4c2f7]

This is fairly straightforward imo. Most money is in big tech. Look at levels.fyi to get an idea of the roadmap.

Big tech hires mostly off leetcodes. There are other factors too.

Your journey begins with practicing leetcodes and reading all the books on teachyourselfcs.com

Study dilligently. Watch YouTube courses too but this should be considered supplemental.

Apply for big tech jobs. This will probably take several trys, especially in this market. Just keep applying and studying.

Once you're at a big tech company keep studying, learn from the smartest people you meet, and ship a lot. After a promotion or two apply to Meta (or someone else if they're paying more on levels.fyi at that point, but Meta pays especially well)

Start giving presentations at conferences. At higher levels in big tech this is encouraged and sometimes even expected as part of promo packets. Also practice your writing. Starting on writing a technical book on a subject your an expert in by this time would be good.

Keep shipping, keep learning, keep getting promoted. Once you're on that track you're well on your way to $1M/yr TC.

[imworkingrn]

Okay, sounds solid but dummy question: What are my chances of doing this if I'm from Europe? Also, I don't have a full UNI degree, I dropped out after I got my Bachelors.

[f0e4c2f7]

Fortunately big tech jobs are available in EU too. Highest salaries might trickier without moving to US, shouldn't be too hard to transfer to US once you get a job at one if you want to. Making quite a high salary without moving is possible too (though still need to be a in a major metro that has big tech companies.)

[bigfatkitten]

Getting a US visa without a degree will be extremely difficult, and so migrating may not be an option for you.