Degree in Graphic Design, 8 years industry experience, started with Flash / ActionScript and moved to JavaScript about 5 years ago. Freelance Flash animation /

Degree in Graphic Design, 8 years industry experience, started with Flash / ActionScript and moved to JavaScript about 5 years ago. Freelance Flash animation / dev for big digital agencies and ad companies (5 years ago) - £250 p/h, with 3 years experience. Tech Lead - Digital Agency in Shoreditch (1.5 years ago) doing Node / Ember / Angular / DevOps - £45k, however I chose a lower salary for more leave and flexible working hours. Freelancing JavaScript dev (Node, Angular etc), digital agencies - aprox £300-350 p/h Now I work in Berlin in a dev role doing Node / React / Redux. €57k. My living expenses are 1/2 what they were in London, and I live in a central Berlin 1 bedroom apartment rather than shared housing.