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Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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I would totally hire a part time person for 80-100 hours a month if they're highly self motivating and a GSD personality. There are also places like Holland where you can typically get a job and then request to work fewer hours (with a relative pay adjustment) and this is protected by law.

what the hell is a german sheperd personality?

Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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Add yourself to the 'Freelancer?" thread on https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring

I agree. Freelancing/contracting/consulting is statistically the only way to part time work in professional fields. One reason is that the basis of a freelance/contracting/consulting relationship is that the freelancer/contractor/consultant is solving the company's problems. But the reason people seek part time professional work is focused on solving their own problems. I mean it's great that the OP wants to set up t…

"Freelancing/contracting/consulting is statistically the only way to part time work in professional fields."

No.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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Yes there is, although it's rare

Here is what I'd do if I were you:

Build a list of all the companies you could/want to work for

Build a list of all the linkedin profiles of their HR/recruiters/talents or (co)founders for small startups(you can use phantombuster or a custom puppeteer scraper)

Find all their emails using wiza, dropcontact or a similar tool

Use a mailbox warmer for a few days/weeks to prepare your mail address to send lots of mails without getting flagged as spam

BCC all of them asking if they'd be open to hiring part-time (or use lemlist)

you can also send automated linkedin invites/messages to them

Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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I would totally hire a part time person for 80-100 hours a month if they're highly self motivating and a GSD personality. There are also places like Holland where you can typically get a job and then request to work fewer hours (with a relative pay adjustment) and this is protected by law.

what the hell is a german sheperd personality?

G(et) S(hit) D(one)

Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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The seemingly unethical but I think totally okay way:

Job hop until you find a chill job that allows a hybrid schedule, or start one and move away, asking to go remote.

Work very hard 4-5 hours a day, and the rest of the time is yours. You might actually work harder than most people staring vacantly at their monitors and sitting in meetings.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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I would totally hire a part time person for 80-100 hours a month if they're highly self motivating and a GSD personality. There are also places like Holland where you can typically get a job and then request to work fewer hours (with a relative pay adjustment) and this is protected by law.

what the hell is a german sheperd personality?

Soft and cuddly to his friends, literally would murder the mailman if he could figure out the front door

Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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Yes there is, although it's rare Here is what I'd do if I were you: Build a list of all the companies you could/want to work for Build a list of all the linkedin profiles of their HR/recruiters/talents or (co)founders for small startups(you can use phantombuster or a custom puppeteer scraper) Find all their emails using wiza, dropcontact or a similar tool Use a mailbox warmer for a few days/weeks to prepare your mail…

Please don't do this. It's always obvious when you're receiving an automated email, and if someone is too naive to recognize an automated email, you probably don't want to work for them anyway.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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Yes there is, although it's rare Here is what I'd do if I were you: Build a list of all the companies you could/want to work for Build a list of all the linkedin profiles of their HR/recruiters/talents or (co)founders for small startups(you can use phantombuster or a custom puppeteer scraper) Find all their emails using wiza, dropcontact or a similar tool Use a mailbox warmer for a few days/weeks to prepare your mail…

Using a mailbox warmer is a sign something's broken with email.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any companies friendly to developers seeking part time work?

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Yes there is, although it's rare Here is what I'd do if I were you: Build a list of all the companies you could/want to work for Build a list of all the linkedin profiles of their HR/recruiters/talents or (co)founders for small startups(you can use phantombuster or a custom puppeteer scraper) Find all their emails using wiza, dropcontact or a similar tool Use a mailbox warmer for a few days/weeks to prepare your mail…

Please don't do this. It's always obvious when you're receiving an automated email, and if someone is too naive to recognize an automated email, you probably don't want to work for them anyway.

HR being a bunch a tech illiterate boomers doesn't mean much about the rest of company

Automated cold email is done by 99% of companies and recruiters, it works if its done well

I was offered dozens of interviews that way, it works

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