Ask HN: Finding an Hourly Job?

5 pointsmholubowski1y ago15 comments

Howdy. Long story short, I’m a solid engineer. I’ve been working on my own projects the last 4 years. They make about $15,000/mo.

I want an hourly engineering job to subsidize income and to have something else to work on.

Could someone recommend how they’d go about finding that? I know there’s a great win-win matchup out there, but I’m not sure how to efficiently go about finding it.

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codingdave1y ago

Recruiters. Most of the calls I get are for hourly contracts doing boring dev work for the corporations in my area. I tend to ignore them all, but if you are just looking for some basic hourly work, respond to the recruiters who spam/cold call you.

mholubowskiOP1y ago

Hey, I genuinely appreciate your reply. I hope you have a good week kind stranger.

leros1y ago

Do those pay competitively compared to a good salaried position at a big US company? On a per hourly basis of course. Most of what I see in hourly positions is far below what I'm used to.

codingdave1y ago

It varies. I've gotten calls about gigs that are laughably low, and I've gotten calls about gigs that are above market value for corporate work. Corporate work is never as high as FAANG or even most SaaS companies, though.

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anonzzzies1y ago

Not what you asked, but you thought about selling your projects? That would at least be a few million: ETFs would then make you quite a bit more than you make now.

mholubowskiOP1y ago

Hey! I don’t think it would be a few million. If someone offered me a few million then yes I would sell.

(solidaffiliate.com and AnalyticsWP.com are the two active projects)

codegeek1y ago

Yes. 15K revenue or even profits per month wont get you few million. Having said that, I buy small software/saas products/companies. If you are interested in potentially selling, hit me up. Criteria is min $10k-$50k/month average revenue.

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codegeek1y ago

Sorry but you don't get few million for projects doing 15k/month.

anonzzzies1y ago

I did. So 1 data point.

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zerr1y ago

You can retire early in most of the countries with that income.

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Ask HN: Finding an Hourly Job?

5 pointsmholubowski1y ago15 comments

Howdy. Long story short, I’m a solid engineer. I’ve been working on my own projects the last 4 years. They make about $15,000/mo.

I want an hourly engineering job to subsidize income and to have something else to work on.

Could someone recommend how they’d go about finding that? I know there’s a great win-win matchup out there, but I’m not sure how to efficiently go about finding it.

15 comments

codingdave1y ago

mholubowskiOP1y ago

Hey, I genuinely appreciate your reply. I hope you have a good week kind stranger.

leros1y ago

Do those pay competitively compared to a good salaried position at a big US company? On a per hourly basis of course. Most of what I see in hourly positions is far below what I'm used to.

codingdave1y ago

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anonzzzies1y ago

Not what you asked, but you thought about selling your projects? That would at least be a few million: ETFs would then make you quite a bit more than you make now.

mholubowskiOP1y ago

Hey! I don’t think it would be a few million. If someone offered me a few million then yes I would sell.

(solidaffiliate.com and AnalyticsWP.com are the two active projects)

codegeek1y ago

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codegeek1y ago

Sorry but you don't get few million for projects doing 15k/month.

anonzzzies1y ago

I did. So 1 data point.

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zerr1y ago

You can retire early in most of the countries with that income.

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