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

  • 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.

  • I've been looking for something like this and basically, no, not unless you want to be a freelancer or contractor. It just doesn't make sense for companies to hire at part time levels when they can just use contractors instead.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Dutch companies have this culture. More than half of the population works part-time. You might have some luck there.

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