Comment by tbird24

Comment by tbird24 6 days ago

14 replies

Fair, but I find, and I think this thread is evident, that a lot of folks are actually proactively seeking part-time work for one reason or another. If done correctly, you can actually make more money than an equivalent full-time role.

mothballed 6 days ago

It's more likely to work if you move to Micronesia or Mexico or something like that, easy places for citizens to move to with low cost of living so you can bid on par with the other gig workers in Pakistan/India/Romania etc.

I think trying to do gig work from the states unless it is Defense contracting you're quickly going to find someone buying that might not care what geography they're drawing from which puts USA based workers at a massive disadvantage.

  • reactordev 6 days ago

    Or, you take a couple contracts and make more than you did full time. This doesn’t add up. If I’m part time 25 hours a week, I can squeeze another 25 hours a week in there. 2x my rate.

    You can definitely do it.

    • johnnyanmac 6 days ago

      Ahh yes, the total of... 1 mobile role. I definitely have a chance here.

      If you fell qualified for the 2 ceo's roles, or the staff Role, you're probably not in a situation where you need 2 jobs.

      • reactordev 6 days ago

        Same could be said why you’re looking at part time when you need a career.

  • apwell23 6 days ago

    then you are competing with the whole world for those jobs

    • giantg2 6 days ago

      With the outsourcing I'm seeing, we already are. I feel this is and even bigger factor than AI in the terrible tech market right now, only really behind zirp.

      • sokoloff 6 days ago

        Global software dev, off-shoring, and out-sourcing have been going strong for decades. The tech market was extraordinarily strong for most of that time.

johnnyanmac 6 days ago

A total of 9 open part time roles, 2 of which are C-level executives, doesn't fill me with much confidence in addressing this issue. It's pretty much for those already at top or even retired to grab some side income at best.

giantg2 6 days ago

Even if workers were choosing more paprt time hours, it's only because they were able to make enough money in full-time employment (ususally) to build up enough money to only need part time work.