Enroll in a community-college-priced trade program in a war-for-talent field (HVAC, welding, CDL, EMT) — the credential plus the apprenticeship year roughly triples the entry wage and moves you from millions-deep into hundreds-deep within 24 months.

Move from current low-wage location to a high-wage metro for the same role before specializing — geography alone on this exact job is worth €8–12k/year, and it puts you in commuting range of trade-school and apprenticeship programs that pay during training.

Document and ship a single concrete public artifact in any technical interest area (a YouTube repair channel, a small GitHub of automation scripts, a Twitch stream with consistent posting) — the leap from 'invisible / nobody refs' to any verifiable output is the cheapest single OVR move available at this age.