Has anyone had luck finding part-time programming jobs? And if yes, how’d you find it? More specifically, something in the 15hrs to 25hrs range. I’ve been searching for a common stack (React, Node, Python mostly for mobile) but havent found much.
Generally, a company would rather pay a contractor for 40hrs/week for 10 weeks to get the job done than pay someone for 15hrs/week for 27 weeks to do the same amount of work. That’s why you don’t see many part time jobs.<p>The exceptions usually come up in organizations with restrictive budget rules where they can tolerate the slower delivery schedule. For example, academic departments and non-profits may end up with some extra budget to spend that isn’t quite enough to hire a full person. Many of these jobs go to students, though.<p>Also watch out for companies that want the productivity of a 40hr week but to only pay for 15-20hrs.<p>You could consider trying your hand at freelance work. The downside is you will spend a lot of your time finding and landing clients.
I run <a href="https://4dayweek.io" rel="nofollow">https://4dayweek.io</a> Software jobs with a better work / life balance<p>Might be of interest
In the current job market, you might try reaching out to companies posting full-time jobs and ask if they'd be interested in having you part-time. They might go for it.<p>(I've had some success with this but by no means universally. Depends on how much trouble they're having filling a role, how much of a fit you'd be.)
If you’re a consultant, you can state to the client that your calendar has room for taking on a 15 hr / week engagement. What you do the rest of the time is none of the client’s business.
I tried to look into this once, and the only things to come up were internships.<p>I think the best bet is to be a freelancer or independent consultant and pick clients that are mostly concerned with delivery where your hours are mostly up to you.
Probably best to just search for a chill non-FANG full-time job. You should be able to find a job with good work life balance where getting 4 hours of work done in a day is the norm.
Sadly not. I looked myself in all over Europe, since I like free time even more than money. I am sure some must exist, but I didn't find a single one. Some companies had "job sharing" opportunities, I don't know what that entails and what conditions apply. It wouldn't have been for me, but maybe you could use something like that?<p>Being self-employed is often much work, even at weekends. But I know some people, especially those in webdev, that did manage to reduce their time spend working a lot. Not at first though.