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I work part-time for the sake of my mental well-being. I hate the sea of technical debt the team I joined has been drowning in. They have few processes in place
by _wbfx 5y ago
I work part-time for the sake of my mental well-being. I hate the sea of technical debt the team I joined has been drowning in. They have few processes in place for tests, and silo'd cowboy coders from another country take up any interesting work.
I think any fixed hours is unrealistic though. Some weeks I work 20. Some 30. I bill 40 for the availability and the stress of their mess regardless.
- solarmist 5y agoHow did you find a part time gig though? As far as I know it’s impossible through normal hiring pipelines. On the flip side establishing yourself as a contractor has a large upfront cost in terms of learning the ins and outs of 1099 work and finding clients. So doing all this just to work less seems like a terrible investment. Seems very much like a catch-22 unless you’re already a contractor.
- keeeeeeeem 5y agoI can't speak to finding part-time gigs but outside the US, it is common for contractors to earn multiples in the order of 2-4x the equivalent employee salary. Monetarily, it's almost always worth it to make the jump to contracting if you have the ability and choice to.