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For some people, a 40-hour workweek is something to aspire to; for others, it’s still too much time taken up by a job. If you fall into that second category, if you want more time for hobbies, family and friends, or working on your own software projects, you too might dream of working less than full time.
But how do you get there? Almost no one advertises part-time programming jobs–believe me, I’ve me[sic] looked.
The answer: negotiation. I’ve negotiated a shorter workweek a few times myself, and I’ve met other programmers who have done so as well, some with just a few years of experience. And of all the programmers I’ve met who’ve negotiated part-time work, Mike’s record is the most impressive.
Mike has spent pretty much all his career working part-time: he’s been working part-time for more than 15 years. To help you get to a shorter, saner workweek, I sat down to interview Mike about how he does it.
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday May 24 2018, @08:20PM (1 child)
Perhaps you will not tight all credibility, perhaps not; I suppose stranger things have happened.
But if you have a semi-competent boss, you've already won half the battle, that being to get a reasonable conversation started to begin with.
I would guess (it's no more than that) that the odd negotiating tactics above would be indicated if you didn't have the competent variety of boss to start with, such that you have to trick them into negotiations instead of just talk to them. PHB From Dilbert comes to mind as an example of this variety.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday May 25 2018, @01:39AM
I don't know which tactics are supposed to be odd, but if you're signing up under PHB you're playing to lose - unless you have a great exit strategy and you just need the gig for some temporary income. Living with a PHB long term is the opposite of quality of life.
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