My first part-time experience just started 2 months ago (not counting the odd freelance job once in a while). It's a contractor telecommute job for a small vide

My first part-time experience just started 2 months ago (not counting the odd freelance job once in a while). It's a contractor telecommute job for a small video game studio. It's pretty good for the most part, but being gamedev related, it is not a very lucrative spot to be in. Initially I tried finding another PT programming job to fill in the extra time, but that proved to be fairly difficult, so I'm just riding out the rest of the contract while keeping my options open for a full-time job somewhere else in the future. I chose this job because it really spoke to some of my coding projects and it's a nice pivot away from my usual web development fare. I've been using my extra time to pursue various topics and hobbies (both programming and non-programming related) and on errands for my mom (I currently live with her). I hope to go back full-time soon and live independently again. The biggest difference to me is not in working part-time but telecommuting. Returning to an office will be a necessary adjustment. It can definitely affect your ability to socialize and communicate in-person, especially if you're more of a homebody like myself. I've found that to be more harmful to your career than even just idly surfing the internet, as people tend to hold certain expectations towards your network and ability to attain job offers at certain lengths of tenure.