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Re: Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs

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Post by ryry »

runawaybottle wrote: post #29

Interesting, I didn’t know big companies like eBay would actually consider a part time employee. Do they really mean that, or are they signaling they seek an intern/student? The availability of part time work always felt like a package that included a tiny shop, cheap clients, and insane amount of cheap international labor competition, and only available through platforms that promote all three things (upwork, etc).

I've got a feeling some of the posts that do mention "part-time" are just signalling, which is why I have a ton of them marked "part-time possible" instead of just part-time.

If you have any better classification ideas I'm open to hearing them too!

Re: Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs

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Post by jlokier »

codegeek wrote: post #48
dreyfan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Employers are generally paying for your output not the hours spent.

Depends on the job. If you are in customer support, I don't want you to be working for another company and switch back and forth if you are full time employee. I want you focussed 100% on my company and hence you are paid as a full time employee. Also, legally you are bound to work for a company according to contracts. I don't want you working for another company on the company's time. It introduces potential liabili…

> Also, legally you are bound to work for a company according to contracts. I don't want you working for another company on the company's time. It introduces potential liability and risks especially if you are remote.

Just on this point, what you say is common but it's not universal. A lot depends on the type of contract.

I'm working full time at the moment. Yet my contract is structured to allow me to work on other companies' work if I want. And I control my time. It's quite explicit.

That clarity has a real positive payoff for both me and the company I'm working for. I'm more enthusiastic about the work in large part because this arrangement is compatible with me keeping open several research projects on ths side, and I'm confident if they lead anywhere, there isn't a conflict - and that the company people recognise this.

They wouldn't want me not working on the company's projects or not acting as a responsible person. But the whole attitude is to assume I am and support that in an adult-to-adult way. I really like that I feel we could talk freely about outside business interests at work.

It helps a lot that this is a mission-oriented open source company.

TL;DR it does depend on the job, but it's not an inevitable fact that remote work contracts bind a person's time exclusively, even during hours worked.

Re: Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs

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Post by mrkurt »

tppiotrowski wrote: post #67
rrggnnlldd wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow that sounds great. Were you be able to charge overtime? And since you said "worked", what made you decide to stop popping back to the issues queue at this particular org?

I never hit 40 hours a week. Thirty seemed like a good balance between work/life. Eventually, working on a CRUD app didn't peak my interest anymore and I moved onto some other projects. Company was sold a few years later.

How did you track your time? I kind of love this idea but time tracking is a pain in the ass. Seems like maybe you could use "day" or "half day" granularity?

Re: Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs

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Post by icedchai »

readonthegoapp wrote: post #32
dreyfan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Employers are generally paying for your output not the hours spent.

I doubt that this is true. And I'm not sure workers would want it to be true. We know about the warehouse bots hounding humans into subservience/defeat. I'm guessing the other bots are right behind -- just not quite as popular yet.

Definitely. It's a minor annoyance, but there's already slack bots pestering people for daily status / scrum updates, retros, and such.

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Post by faeyanpiraat »

mrkurt wrote: post #74
tppiotrowski wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never hit 40 hours a week. Thirty seemed like a good balance between work/life. Eventually, working on a CRUD app didn't peak my interest anymore and I moved onto some other projects. Company was sold a few years later.

How did you track your time? I kind of love this idea but time tracking is a pain in the ass. Seems like maybe you could use "day" or "half day" granularity?

You need to get used to it.

Use a kitchen timer, then every time you finish something input the time precisely.

Re: Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs

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Post by Andys »

This is also good for people with disabilities, such as chronic fatigue, chronic pain, or any others that limit how many hours per week you can work.

These sort of people deserve a good chance at happiness in getting to work a fulfilling well paying remote job.

Re: Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs

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Post by somishere »

ryry wrote: post #18
mandelbrotwurst wrote: post #3

Thanks for making this! Would you mind sharing what sources this looks at, or are you keeping that proprietary?

A few I'd like to keep to myself, but if you poke around it's obviously no secret that stack overflow contributes a fair bit. The code is some frankenstein monster of a few failed projects I've created over the years, but so far it's doing its job!

Are you using HN? Just posted a part time / contract job there/here for our non-profit ... could do with some network effect :)

Re: Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs

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Post by somishere »

gumbo wrote: post #73

The toggles filters are driving me nuts, as it stands, it unclear what the checked state is. One would assume that when the "handle" is on the right side, however, the color coding suggest otherwise. Congrats on your launch.

Looks like it's all-on by default and you're toggling items off .. which means the colour coding is ok but the ux may be counter-intuitive for some? Not to mention the white highlighting looks like text inputs (the subtitle could easily be mistaken for a search bar).

Personally, I'd have gone with an "all on" toggle that gets deactivated if you activate any of the individual categories. Not a deal breaker.

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