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Try working as a “contractor” on less than full time hours. Say 3-4 days a week. I made the switch 2 years ago and will never go back to full time. I hadn’t wor
by BreakfastB0b 4y ago
Try working as a “contractor” on less than full time hours. Say 3-4 days a week. I made the switch 2 years ago and will never go back to full time. I hadn’t worked on a side project for years prior, now I feel like I have enough energy to work on things I want to, hopefully something will become self sustaining in a few years and I can become self employed.
- tartoran 4y agoWorking part time would be the next logical step and it is in my plans as well. I have dependents though so Im still waiting for the next opportunity to do so.
- tayo42 4y ago> Try working as a “contractor” on less than full time hours. Is there more info about this somewhere? Sounds kind of vague, like i have no idea where to start. The only contract jobs I had treated me as a full time employee, i just didnt get benefits
- alexmingoia 4y agoWhat I did when I started was respond to job postings and offer the same contribution as an hourly service, using a weekly retainer of 10-20 hours (remote). It worked well. Companies are desperate for good engineers. I found they'll always push for more hours, but that's the nature of the game.
- BreakfastB0b 4y agoSorry for context I live in Australia and the OP said he’s from the UK. Both places have Universal Health care so “full time benefits” are not really a thing here. I just started responding to recruiters that I was only interested in contract work 20-30 hours a week and increased my hourly rate by 30% to compensate for no paid leave / superannuation contributions.