My challenge will be to find a source of about $30,000 to $40,000 per year, which does not completely take over my ability to work on my own projects after hours.
I'm a government contractor, and our client gets very unhappy if we run over 40 hours a week, because of the limits of the contract, and so our employer makes us go home if we're running up against the limit (of course they prefer we plan it so we don't all leave early on the 15th and last day of the month). So maybe you might look into contracting? I do infrastructure support (software configuration management), but of course there are also development positions. From where I sit what's hot right now is security, virtualization (The Cloud), and DevOps (which is what I'm slowly shifting into).
Even among non-contractors, some software employers do recognize that error rates and re-work go up with significant overtime. My employer 8 years ago (not a contracting outfit) recognized this.
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Date: 2015-06-27 08:02 pm (UTC)I'm a government contractor, and our client gets very unhappy if we run over 40 hours a week, because of the limits of the contract, and so our employer makes us go home if we're running up against the limit (of course they prefer we plan it so we don't all leave early on the 15th and last day of the month). So maybe you might look into contracting? I do infrastructure support (software configuration management), but of course there are also development positions. From where I sit what's hot right now is security, virtualization (The Cloud), and DevOps (which is what I'm slowly shifting into).
Even among non-contractors, some software employers do recognize that error rates and re-work go up with significant overtime. My employer 8 years ago (not a contracting outfit) recognized this.