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You need to set some parameters for us! - How much per year do you want in your pocket? - Where do you want to live? (think climate, cost of living) - What wil

You need to set some parameters for us! - How much per year do you want in your pocket? - Where do you want to live? (think climate, cost of living) - What will you do with your time? (take a year or two off, you may get bored) - How much will your retirement activities cost? You get the idea. Also consider part time remote work. If you're skilled I'm sure you can find a company that you can put in 10 hours per week at and it doesn't even have to be programming.

mghfreud 6y ago
Could you share pointers for part time remote work? (Especially for software)
- jdboyd 6y ago
  Freelance contracting is probably the easiest way to work part time. There is some stuff that is only x number of hours a week. This seems to mostly be sysadmin work or basic web design. The other option is to do something like 3-6 months on, then however long you want off, etc. Probably easiest for web and mobile developers.
- gus_massa 6y ago
  This is not exactly about a part time job, but I'd recommend to read whatever patio11 wrote about consulting like https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-mckenzie-on-getting-your-first-consulting-client/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick... (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4533498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4533498 ) or https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/21/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-mckenzie-on-why-your-customers-would-be-happier-if-you-charged-more/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/21/ramit-sethi-and-patrick... (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4554669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4554669 ). Also, there is a monthly freelance thread here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23379195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23379195
oriesdan 6y ago
> If you're skilled I'm sure you can find a company that you can put in 10 hours per week at Do you have real world experience with that? I found on the contrary that the more skilled I get, the less companies are willing to make me work only part time. Which is too bad, because part time high paid job is really the best of both world. Part time jobs in restaurants is what allowed me to learn programming when I was in early adult life, and I crave for as much time to learn new things, nowadays. Sadly, while people I work for are willing to negotiate insane amount of money (in my opinion), they are not to concede the slightest amount of time.

mghfreud 6y ago

Could you share pointers for part time remote work? (Especially for software)

jdboyd 6y ago
Freelance contracting is probably the easiest way to work part time. There is some stuff that is only x number of hours a week. This seems to mostly be sysadmin work or basic web design. The other option is to do something like 3-6 months on, then however long you want off, etc. Probably easiest for web and mobile developers.
gus_massa 6y ago
This is not exactly about a part time job, but I'd recommend to read whatever patio11 wrote about consulting like https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-mckenzie-on-getting-your-first-consulting-client/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick... (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4533498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4533498 ) or https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/21/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-mckenzie-on-why-your-customers-would-be-happier-if-you-charged-more/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/21/ramit-sethi-and-patrick... (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4554669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4554669 ). Also, there is a monthly freelance thread here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23379195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23379195

oriesdan 6y ago

> If you're skilled I'm sure you can find a company that you can put in 10 hours per week at Do you have real world experience with that? I found on the contrary that the more skilled I get, the less companies are willing to make me work only part time. Which is too bad, because part time high paid job is really the best of both world. Part time jobs in restaurants is what allowed me to learn programming when I was in early adult life, and I crave for as much time to learn new things, nowadays. Sadly, while people I work for are willing to negotiate insane amount of money (in my opinion), they are not to concede the slightest amount of time.