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Ask HN: Where do you look for a remote part-time programming job? Do they exist?

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Post by runninganyways »

I'd asked to be moved to part-time at previous jobs but they would never let me. I've asked local recruiters about part-time work and they basically told me that it didn't exist. But I imagine there has to be part time work out there and probably even remote work.

Do those jobs exist and if so how do you get them?

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#2

Post by JMTQp8lwXL »

It's likely easier to go through periods where you contract for a few months, then don't work at all. The problem with part time anything is offering full-time benefits. An employer still has 75% of the costs if you work 50% of the hours.

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Post by runninganyways »

JMTQp8lwXL wrote: post #2

It's likely easier to go through periods where you contract for a few months, then don't work at all. The problem with part time anything is offering full-time benefits. An employer still has 75% of the costs if you work 50% of the hours.

I'd be open to not receiving benefits. The only one I really need is healthcare and I can get that through healthcare.gov.

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#5

Post by muzani »

There are plenty of those. Often companies that can't afford to take you on full time, such as if you're working at a prestigious/stable job or if they don't have a steady cash flow.

Startups are a good place to look.

If you have good output, e.g. do more in an hour than many people do in a day, they're easy to negotiate part-time/remote.

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#6

Post by bberenberg »

Consulting, or find someone who needs consistent work done in small amounts. We hire interns and people who want to work after their main jobs to work on our smaller products. This helps keep costs in check, and still provide value to clients.

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#7

Post by JamesBarney »

How many hours is part time? I'd suggest maybe contacting very small consulting firms, 1-3 man shops that share a tech stack with you. These firms will have occasionally need more work than can handle but won't have the pipeline to hire a full time individual.

Just send them a link to your github profile on linkedin.

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#8

Post by remyp »

Recruiters told you those roles don't exist because recruiters are compensated on a percentage of your salary. Lower salary, lower fee, but it takes the same amount of work to fill the role. So why should they bother with part-time when there are loads of full-time roles to chase?

However, remote part-time does exist! If you're a frontend developer looking to fill a few extra hours on contract feel free to reach out - my email is in my profile.

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#9

Post by blaser-waffle »

Try remoteok.io and weworkremotely.com. Dice or Indeed might work too.

It's not so much looking for part-time remote work, so much as looking for remote work and then seeing if they'll handle part time.

Independent contracting or consulting is also an option, but that has it's own caveats -- but might also be a better fit.

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