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> I'm a developer and still a mailman in Canada.... Before my shift these days I program for a university medical research lab. So your mailman job is a full-t
by justboxing 9y ago
> I'm a developer and still a mailman in Canada.... Before my shift these days I program for a university medical research lab.
So your mailman job is a full-time job and the programming job is part-time? Or is it the other way around? Or are both part-time?
Asking because part-time jobs in software engineering are quite hard to come by, atleast in the US.
- hackermailman 9y agoCheck universities, because P/T developer work is in abundance here usually weekends or remote once you get to know the researchers you work with, showing up on odd weekends. These contracts pay less than industry but the education you receive working with post-doc's imho makes it worth it and it's still more than a livable wage. CompSci dept students don't often apply for whatever reasons, I suspect it's because they are chasing internships at big money corps.
- brailsafe 9y agoYep, this is true. In fact the only software dev work I've been paid to do in 2 years has been part-time a uni in Manitoba working with a post-doc there. It's way more rewarding overall than anything I've been fired for doing in an office somewhere accounting for my story points.