Ok, so you just bought an apartment so decide if you want to stay where you are. Second decide if you want to keep your apartment, if you own it that could give

Ok, so you just bought an apartment so decide if you want to stay where you are. Second decide if you want to keep your apartment, if you own it that could give you a really low 'run rate'. If you like where you are, own your apartment I don't think moving is the answer. Moving is expensive. I think most developers can work remote. So you have 6 months of run way right now till the end of the year. Cut back on spending and expenses to stretch that out and preserve as much of your savings as possible. Network, network, network. Do you have any past clients who have a remote project you could work on? Or even a remote full time position. Even at a reduced rate that would extend your runway. Maybe improving or a re-write of an old project or app over to angular or react? Should you expand your skills beyond front end? Learn Rails or Laravel with React, Angular or Vue on the front end to become a full stack developer or maybe focus on front end with backend skills. You always need to be evolving/learning. jQuery is awesome but declining in use. So think about what you want to do next. As far as your resume polish it up to show more specifics, UI/UX, front end engineer, then just a section on technologies you use rather than a showcase of jQuery this and that. jQuery will always have a place in projects but It is waning. Also no arguing technology in interviews. If you're joining their team you're drinking their kool-aid and doing what they do as a team player. I would spend the next six months getting some remote work and learning a new skill. If you could find a previous client/project looking for a re-write that might be a good fit as you can learn and make money (even at a reduced rate would work). Do not worry about what your classmates are doing. Remember you are a successful developer, $90k/yr, just bought an apartment, moved to a new country. Maybe stay off Fbook the next 6 months till you have things sorted out. Sounds like you have the skills, focus on getting work and learning expanding your skills. oh, one more thing you mentioned mac. If you're not a mac user you should consider switching. It seems like a small issue but moving to mac definitely improved my development experience and helped me leveling up my skills. When you're learning Rails, Laravel even React/Angular/Vue most tutorials are OSX. Doing them on windows you always seem to run in to unexpected errors and issues when running through the tutorials. Then you'll spend hours tracking it down on your windows machine. Do the same tutorial on a macbook and you'll sail right through. So I think there is a huge value moving to OSX. A 13" macbook air is enough for a developer. I would consider making that purchase, they definitely pay for themselves in time savings. And since you'll have a mac consider a hoodie too, it might help you with your networking. = ) Good luck sorting it out.