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Re:Show HN: Fractional jobs – part-time roles for engineers by bigDinosaur on Monday August 18, 2025 @09:04PM (#44947161)
If single with no dependents this is still very achievable on 4 days a week (and more than doubly so if dual income no kids), and it gets progressively more difficult the more dependents one has, so it really depends far too heavily on the individual context to make sweeping judgements about feasibility.
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Re:Show HN: Fractional jobs – part-time roles for engineers by johnnyanmac on Monday August 18, 2025 @10:30PM (#44947654)
I agree.

I have 10 years of experience. How the heck am I realistically getting a CTO or Staff role? Maybe I could title inflate staff if it was in my domain, but I certainly don't have the resume to realistically get a call back for a CTO position. Especially in this job market.

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Re:Show HN: Fractional jobs – part-time roles for engineers by stronglikedan on Monday August 18, 2025 @09:24PM (#44947263)
> single with no dependents

sure, but that's an unfulfilling existence for most, naturally

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Re:Show HN: Fractional jobs – part-time roles for engineers by bigDinosaur on Monday August 18, 2025 @09:34PM (#44947348)
You can still have kids and not have any dependents. As in, they grow up and move out.
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Re:Show HN: Fractional jobs – part-time roles for engineers by throwmeaway222 on Monday August 18, 2025 @09:45PM (#44947408)
you ever feel like getting this far out on a wacky thread and realized everyone was coming from their own perspective, which means everyone is naturally just talking past each other and so, basically, into the wind?
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Re:Show HN: Fractional jobs – part-time roles for engineers by taneq on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:49PM (#44954239)
Ducks are like toasters. Both love bread and seem like fun in the bath but in reality can be messy.

(Yeah I agree, it’s so hard to get people to actually engage instead of just talking past, and it’s one of those things you can’t under one you start noticing it, and it’s everywhere!)

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Re:Show HN: Fractional jobs – part-time roles for engineers by stronglikedan on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @11:41AM (#44952874)
You are absolutely correct, and I did not think of that!
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