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Retiring to open source work is exactly my plan, because there's very little demand for part time software developers.

by wing-_-nuts 3y ago

fragmede 3y ago
There's plenty of contract work for very experienced lead developers that isn't publicly advertised for. Being contract work, it doesn't have to be done 40 hr/wk. You have to build your network and lean on that to find such positions, which may be foreign to many.
- wing-_-nuts 3y ago
  I'm not saying this isn't true, but I find it very hard to believe there's a pool of shadow jobs that are completely unadvertised. Whenever I chat with recruiters about the potential for part time jobs in retirement, they tell me 'that sounds nice, but we never see employers open to that'. I guess if you've 'made your bones' with BigCo and you're in a very valuable niche you might could pull it off, but otherwise it would very much be an uphill slog.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    I'm sure there are "names" that can get cushy gigs as advisors, board members, etc. My personal experience is I can certainly pick up a few dollars here and there but getting a steady income flow is harder--and I'm not even sure I'd want to if I were in that position. ADDED: Most of the cases I've run into of decent part-time/freelance work are indeed through people I know but it's been mostly in the beer money category--I admittedly like better beer.
  - fragmede 3y ago
    > Whenever I chat with recruiters They're not the ones you need to be talking with. They only serve to gatekeep, don't really understand what the company needs, and can't champion you from the inside. The engineering manager from two jobs ago on an adjacent team who's since gone off to start their own startup with some other ex-coworkers who need help in area X that you've spent years working in, but not enough for it to be a full time position yet? Reach out to them.

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Retiring to open source work is exactly my plan, because there's very little demand for part time software developers.

by wing-_-nuts 3y ago

Retiring to open source work is exactly my plan, because there's very little demand for part time software developers.

fragmede 3y ago
There's plenty of contract work for very experienced lead developers that isn't publicly advertised for. Being contract work, it doesn't have to be done 40 hr/wk. You have to build your network and lean on that to find such positions, which may be foreign to many.
- wing-_-nuts 3y ago
  I'm not saying this isn't true, but I find it very hard to believe there's a pool of shadow jobs that are completely unadvertised. Whenever I chat with recruiters about the potential for part time jobs in retirement, they tell me 'that sounds nice, but we never see employers open to that'. I guess if you've 'made your bones' with BigCo and you're in a very valuable niche you might could pull it off, but otherwise it would very much be an uphill slog.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    I'm sure there are "names" that can get cushy gigs as advisors, board members, etc. My personal experience is I can certainly pick up a few dollars here and there but getting a steady income flow is harder--and I'm not even sure I'd want to if I were in that position. ADDED: Most of the cases I've run into of decent part-time/freelance work are indeed through people I know but it's been mostly in the beer money category--I admittedly like better beer.
  - fragmede 3y ago
    > Whenever I chat with recruiters They're not the ones you need to be talking with. They only serve to gatekeep, don't really understand what the company needs, and can't champion you from the inside. The engineering manager from two jobs ago on an adjacent team who's since gone off to start their own startup with some other ex-coworkers who need help in area X that you've spent years working in, but not enough for it to be a full time position yet? Reach out to them.