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I have been looking for something like this recently in order to get a feel of what it is like to work as a developer on a team. I am knee deep in a stable yet

I have been looking for something like this recently in order to get a feel of what it is like to work as a developer on a team. I am knee deep in a stable yet unexciting career in software acquisition, but can’t help to wonder daily if I should pivot for more esteem and self-actualization reasons. I have been developing personal tools/apps/as a ‘hobby’ for most of my life, and also have an undergrad degree in CS with a focus on development, but we all know how these things can differ when it becomes a job. I could love it, I could hate it. It would be great to have access to part-time work, or even non-traditional internship type roles for little money, to not only get an idea of if the industry-as-a-job is for me, but for me and some team to get a better idea of whether or not we’d work well together. I’m stuck in the middle of making enough in my current field to make taking on a junior dev role a large risk for my family, but don’t feel like I have the professional experience to be what anyone is looking for in periodic freelance work. I have even started responding to some recruiters trying to portray this, in case something comes up, but I don’t think that is much in their wheelhouse. I’m open to suggestions if anyone has come across something like this.

moffkalast 5y ago
The company I work at is basically all part-time devs, including myself. There are upsides and downsides with it however. I absolutely love the freedom it offers, since as long as projects have good progress you can work any time, anywhere, take any amount of days off or work any amount of hours you want without having to tell anyone anything. On the other hand there's no paid time off or vacation bonus, your credit rating is non-existent and no bank will lend you anything, it doesn't count towards the pension period, you need to file taxes manually every month, etc. This is in Europe so as you might imagine most of the government systems in place are rigidly designed for the standard full time job which is rather infuriating in most aspects.

moffkalast 5y ago

The company I work at is basically all part-time devs, including myself. There are upsides and downsides with it however. I absolutely love the freedom it offers, since as long as projects have good progress you can work any time, anywhere, take any amount of days off or work any amount of hours you want without having to tell anyone anything. On the other hand there's no paid time off or vacation bonus, your credit rating is non-existent and no bank will lend you anything, it doesn't count towards the pension period, you need to file taxes manually every month, etc. This is in Europe so as you might imagine most of the government systems in place are rigidly designed for the standard full time job which is rather infuriating in most aspects.