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I did this with my current gig. It is every bit as good as you might imagine. Do it if you can. I had the advantage of working on a contract basis, so there

I did this with my current gig. It is every bit as good as you might imagine. Do it if you can. I had the advantage of working on a contract basis, so there was never really any negotiation involved. I informed them that I'd be dropping down to four day weeks, so it followed that my invoices would reflect that. No big deal. Not so much as a word of objection. There are a few nice things about being in the single best market for developer talent in the history of ever. Being able to prioritise quality of life in ways like this is definitely one of them.

simonebrunozzi 12y ago
Nice to hear that. Care to share a few more details on how you got to that position in the first place?
gregkerzhner 12y ago
Did the same thing with my current freelance gig. Overall, this a huge benefit to freelancing in general. When I was working full time, a change like this would involve discussions with several layers of management, cosiderations of how this would fit in with "company culture" (not well, in my experience). Freelancing, it took one 10 minute chat.