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This can only work at extremely dysfunctional companies with incompetent management. I suppose there's an opportunity here for some unethical people to get som

This can only work at extremely dysfunctional companies with incompetent management. I suppose there's an opportunity here for some unethical people to get some money from those companies until they collapse. In any reasonably well-run company these people would be fired quickly. Gordon Gecko might say these people are performing service to the public by helping poorly managed companies go bankrupt faster, but it's still unethical because the goal seems to be to massively underwork at each job. On the other hand, I think that it should be reasonable for software engineers to work two jobs, as long as they are not competitors and there are no intellectual property concerns. Just like any other employee, some people want to work two jobs, and I'm actually disappointed it's not more common to arrange for multiple legitimate jobs (two part time, or one full time one part time) in the tech industry.

honkdaddy 5y ago
This is patently untrue. I have a close friend currently working two SWE positions, roughly 60h/wk in total, and has been doing so for about a year with only positive feedback thus far. Both are publicly traded Big Tech companies, neither of which are known as being dysfunctional or problematic. There are more people doing this than you'd like to think. Check out the Discord for this community if you're still doubtful - you'd be surprised at the combination of companies people are able to perfectly fulfill expectations for.
temp8964 5y ago
> This can only work at extremely dysfunctional companies with incompetent management. Not really. There are many job positions require tons of institutional knowledge of the data system and the code base, but does not require lots of everyday work. And some of the jobs are seasonable. A senior worker can really do tons of outside jobs.
- ghaff 5y ago
  Maybe it's my bubble, but I could maybe do tons of things unrelated to tech but relevant people in tech are aware of who I am and who I work for. (i.e. I could maybe carve out lots of hours to do various things but I couldn't (and wouldn't) actually have another full-timeish tech job.
AzzieElbab 5y ago
Overseas outsourcing companies have been filling multiple positions with same people for decades
- Guest42 5y ago
  Talking with dbas, I sometimes get the impression that they are managing hundreds of servers

honkdaddy 5y ago

This is patently untrue. I have a close friend currently working two SWE positions, roughly 60h/wk in total, and has been doing so for about a year with only positive feedback thus far. Both are publicly traded Big Tech companies, neither of which are known as being dysfunctional or problematic. There are more people doing this than you'd like to think. Check out the Discord for this community if you're still doubtful - you'd be surprised at the combination of companies people are able to perfectly fulfill expectations for.

temp8964 5y ago

> This can only work at extremely dysfunctional companies with incompetent management. Not really. There are many job positions require tons of institutional knowledge of the data system and the code base, but does not require lots of everyday work. And some of the jobs are seasonable. A senior worker can really do tons of outside jobs.

ghaff 5y ago
Maybe it's my bubble, but I could maybe do tons of things unrelated to tech but relevant people in tech are aware of who I am and who I work for. (i.e. I could maybe carve out lots of hours to do various things but I couldn't (and wouldn't) actually have another full-timeish tech job.

AzzieElbab 5y ago

Overseas outsourcing companies have been filling multiple positions with same people for decades

Guest42 5y ago
Talking with dbas, I sometimes get the impression that they are managing hundreds of servers