News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?.

Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by vishnugupta on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:43AM (#26722957)
You haven’t stated your nationality (or country of residence) so this advice may or may not work out for you.

Lot of European software companies fall in this category. Not necessarily low expectations but you are expected to work only during business hours and the work is typical CRUD app development/maintenance. The projects are managed well so no crazy fire fighting to meet super tight deadlines. On top of that if you can get into shops that work on governmental IT/automation work then nothing like it. Very decent job security, sane vacation policy are added bonus.

Some of those EU shops may even be willing to take on full remote employees.

Good luck!

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by Kinrany on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:22AM (#26723247)
> but you are expected to work only during business hours

Surely that's normal?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by crocsarecool on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:36AM (#26723351)
I’m in the US. It’s not always normal. You might need to support items outside of regular business hours like production updates, or if you’re IT, computers/infrastructure doesn’t often break between the hours of 9-5.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by Aeolun on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:44AM (#26723418)
If your definition of normal means business takes place somewhere between 7am - 12pm, sure.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by niij on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:36PM (#26734469)
A 5 hour window for work sounds like a dream ;)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by vishnugupta on Thursday April 08, 2021 @03:47AM (#26736134)
I’m sure they meant 12AM ;-)
[ Parent | on HN ]