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by philmcp 6y ago
From what I've been reading online, Netherlands sounds like a bit of a utopia(!)
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by philmcp 6y ago
Honestly, no I haven't. Whenever I'm trying to build something, I want to get v0.1 out there as quick as possible. I know there may be issues regarding what you've said, but from my research it varies from country to country
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by philmcp 6y ago
Thanks for all the feedback, it's been really useful. I'm now thinking of 4 potential ways forward: 1. Contacting companies and asking them if they would consider compressing their 5 day role into 4 longer days (e.g. 4 x 10 hour
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by philmcp 6y ago
After 10 years of being a software developer, I'd be more than happy to give up 20% salary in exchange for a bit of my life back. Does that extra $15k (taxed at a higher rate) really make that much of a difference when you're alre
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by philmcp 6y ago
Fair enough, I struggled for a long time on this question as its a touchy subject. I was trying to please both the company and the employee, but it looks as though I failed on both counts. I'll update this to make it clearer / hon
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by philmcp 6y ago
Ye, I had thought this too. The downside is that often these companies are startups, looking for people to pour blood sweat and tears (i.e. 60hr weeks) into the company Maybe I just need to be more persistent with this though, start ups sho
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by philmcp 6y ago
Thanks, Ill look for a better citation
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by philmcp 6y ago
Thanks, very interesting points! Maybe I need to target companies who have just raised money and don't currently have policies in place i.e. companies who are more flexible. On the downside, these early stage companies usually look for
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by philmcp 6y ago
Definitely - I realise I am missing a lot of knowledge on the internal power structure of companies. I still think it has value given than 57% of people would prefer to work a 4 day work week, coupled with how difficult it is to hire devs D
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by philmcp 6y ago
I think upwork.com might help you there ;) Don't get me wrong, I'm all for positions to be advertised as dollars / minute tbh
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by philmcp 6y ago
Clickable link to side project: https://www.28hrworkweek.com/
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Ask HN: Why don't companies want to employ people on 4 day per week contracts?
21 points by philmcp 6y ago|42 comments
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by philmcp 6y ago
Totally agree with you, I'm also in software partly for this reason In the UK the typical work day is 7 hours (9-5pm with an hour unpaid break). I'll be honest though, I've had a few people ask me this same question, so the n
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by philmcp 6y ago
It's has always amazed me that 99% of jobs are for 5 days per week. As someone who has tried to "build something on the side" for years, I've always wanted a job which was contracted for 4 days per week so I could dedica
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by philmcp 6y ago
Thanks for this, I wasn't aware of this threshold. In the UK the typical work day is 7 hours (e.g. 9-5pm with a 1 hour unpaid break), hence the name Can certainly add this column to the platform
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by philmcp 6y ago
It's has always amazed me that 99% of jobs are for 5 days per week. As someone who has tried to "build something on the side" for years, I've always wanted a job which was contracted for 4 days per week so I could dedica
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Show HN: 28hr work week(28hrworkweek.com)
11 points by philmcp 6y ago|5 comments
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by philmcp 6y ago
Anyone else having issues in general with "the internet" over the last few days? The images on different websites I've visited don't load (e.g. twitter, bbc etc). When they do they load, they load verrry slowly
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A Hyperparameter Tuner for Keras(github.com)
2 points by philmcp 6y ago|0 comments