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Out of curiosity, is this a result of your employer having flexible working hours and you being able to get the work done in that time, or are you also being pa

• wlll 10y ago
  I moved company last July from a full time job to contracting elsewhere. I'm now a contractor in the very real sense. I use my own computer, I work generally when I want to (I set the total hours at the beginning of any month and choose what hours to work when within that framework). In terms of pay, becoming a contractor means my pay went up and I can work 4 hours a day and do as well as I was full time, though I do try to work more like 4.5 - 5 hours a day (gotta pay that mortgage down). What this means is that I generally only work when I'm motivated and "feeling it", the rest of the time I relax, learn, program, climb etc. It may seem like I'm expensive at > 2x what I was on when full time, but I think I'm giving way more for the time I put in, eg. no % of an 8 hour day spent being tired or "slacking". For instance I stopped the clock to read HN :) I'm also way happier than I was before.
  • cableshaft 10y ago
    Out of curiosity, when you made the transition, how did you find the first clients to work with? Did it require a lot of hunting down work?
    • wlll 10y ago
      It was through a contact I had at a previous company.
• Asooka 10y ago
  Contractors generally bill by the hour and work as freelancers.