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I've been wondering about how do get a gig like this for some time. Are you a regular salaried employee? How did you approach your employer about entering thi

• default-kramer 8y ago
  Yes, I am salaried (before and after I cut my hours). We are a small company of 20-ish people but I was the only IT member. So my main selling point was increasing the bus factor: what if our website goes down and I'm not available? The owners didn't want to increase the IT budget, which worked fine for my plan. I just had to find someone who was willing to "share my job" with me. One of my friends was willing; he has his own LLC set up for contracting work so this gig gives him reliable income while he tries out other work on the side. I can now also say that for about 50% of my previous salary I am probably providing 70-80% of my previous value. When it's time to go back to work, I'm actually eager, and very productive. So I hope I can use this anecdote to convince any future employers to agree to a similar arrangement.