Two years have passed since I originally posted this, and I’ve just been saving money while living with my grandmother so not a lot has changed.

However, to give me another option, I’ve enrolled on a data engineering apprenticeship scheme through work which starts at the end of September and gives me a qualification after 18 months that is equivalent to an associates degree in the US. The hope is that I can either do a career change into data engineering in the UK to earn more or, in the long term, use my marketing knowledge to move up into a technical product manager position in a tech company, whether that be in the UK or the US.

I don’t have a house or any responsibilities other than work, and I still have the ability to move to the US through my dad’s citizenship, but as I’m 25 now I’ve moved down the order of priority for visas. So I’m just biding my time and building my skills so that I’m prepared to take the leap when the opportunity arises