Ask HN: About to burn out. How to make 500$ in India by working 20 hrs per week?

7 pointsby Jaxtek5 anni fa1 comments

Hi I am a 23 year old from India. I currently work as a devops guy in a company at salary of 450$ per month. I work 48 hours (6 days) per week. Due to this, my health is deteriorating. I have constant headache and have been advised to see a neuro doctor (which I am doing soon). I am about to burnout and having early signs of depression (not interested doing anything, 0 motivation, feeling angry all the time). It has been 6 months since I joined this job. Since this job is costing me my health and my youth, I want a job(or anything) that gives me 500$ per month (or 450$) for working 20 hours per week (preferably less).I am taking a week off to deal with depression and to figure out what to do next. How can I do this? Any type of job that requires a laptop and an internet connection is fine.

Though I am in devops, I know basics of Django and interested in development (backend). https://github.com/TheGardenMan

Any type of job (or investing etc) is fine as long as all that it requires is a laptop and 4 hours per day. I don't know what to do. I can't afford to take more than few weeks off. Thank you so much for reading this.

2 comments

mssundaram5 anni fa

Namaskaram, I don't know of many part time engineering positions, but the trend is growing, e.g. [1]. However I'm confident that you could find a position that would pay you that salary for a more common 35-40 (and balanced compared to 48 hours, 6 days per week). Are you on LinkedIn? It can be helpful in my experience. Feel free to email me, maybe I can find someone to help (no guarantee though)

[1] 4dayweek.io

adictator5 anni fa