Pivot into SDET / test-infra or security testing within 12 months — learn one of Playwright/Cypress at framework-author depth plus CI/CD pipeline ownership; SDETs survive the LLM wave that pure manual QA does not.

Reach English C2 and ship code/test frameworks publicly on GitHub — single-language passive profile caps audience reach and remote-work optionality by roughly 10-15 OVR points at this experience level.

Target a relocation or remote role with a top-tier US/UK tech employer in the next 24 months — the geography + employer-quality jump from average-EU + well-known to global-hotspot + top-tier is the single largest market-value multiplier available pre-senior.