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 GordonS on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:54AM (#26723508)

I work in the UK as a remote architect for a megacorp, working a 4-day week, 7.5h per day Mon-Thu. I work on projects all across Europe and Scandinavian. I moved to a 4-day week a long time back - something like 7 years, I guess.

Honestly, I get as much done in 4 days as I did in 5 - I really think it's a sweet spot, where you are forced to focus more for a shorter time.

Anyways, in terms of team working, obviously some meetings need to be either held without me, or not held on Fridays. Otherwise, it's simply never been an issue.

I've worked before with developers who work similar hours, and again it's never been a problem - we just adjust our sprint capacity/staffing accordingly.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by edem on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:56PM (#26731137)

Do you have open positions? Sounds like something I'd do too.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by GordonS on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:25PM (#26731565)

If you're in the UK or Europe (AFAIK, this applies to Europe too), by law, any company has to seriously consider requests for flexible working (e.g. part-time hours). I simply asked, and they said "yeah, OK". Obviously working 20% less hours means 20% less pay and holidays.

I work for an out-sourcing and consulting mega-corp - I get to work on interesting projects, but and honestly, it's a horrible company to work for in terms of culture, power struggles, biases, bureaucracy and lay-offs. I plan on getting out soon, going full-time on my side business. As such, I'd never recommend them to anyone.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by edem on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:17PM (#26732175)

Fair enough.

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