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I'm not quite who you are asking about, but I'm a programmer who already does part-time work (only). I think the only issue about it, is that it is difficult t
by rossdavidh 4y ago
I'm not quite who you are asking about, but I'm a programmer who already does part-time work (only). I think the only issue about it, is that it is difficult to find clients (fortunately once I find them, I tend to keep them). Most people who need a developer, are not accustomed to the idea of having one support them in some way part-time. In some cases I've gotten a client who was looking for a full-time dev, and eventually gave up and agreed to hire me part-time out of desperation. But most potential employers are not familiar with the idea of hiring a dev part-time, and because it strikes them as weird, they shy away from it.
- v1l 4y agoA solution to that I see is a marketplace focused on such work (you could say Upwork is that but it's a race to the bottom, so there needs to be better filters).
- mtmail 4y agohttps://www.moonlightwork.com/ https://www.moonlightwork.com/ used to be in that space, they got acquired recently. On HN users ask regularly how to make extra money and everybody is unhappy with upwork. A new marketplace is probably well received. Just when the marketplaces grow they tend to add full-time jobs and companies try to cut out the middleman (they have the contact info of good developers after a while). Not sure how one can tackle the "race to the bottom", company like to pay as little as possible.