I am able to fit all my work into 4 days and make 275~. I think that is tough to have in a single company. Unless you are FAANG and even then, I doubt you’d be at 4 days. I’m curious how your hard work was able to get you such substantial raises?
I would make sure the contract work is a skill area you are very comfortable with. Since it is only a contract, I wouldn’t necessarily be opposed to leaving that quickly. But I would prefer to stay for 3-6 months at least.
I originally was going to try to do the full overemployed suggestion of two full time jobs but it’s much harder.
If you can find two jobs that have zero meetings. Go for it. With one being contract and part time, it’s much easier to set time boxes for things and ensure you are not stressed trying to join overlapping meetings.
Not every place is a startup first off, there’s many companies that hire separate frontend, backend, every little thing is a separate team. I’ve found these places to be the easiest workplace to get work done in less time.
Finding the second, part time contract is incredibly easy right now.
There’s 2-3 recruiters per day that email all of us on linked in. All you have to do is say “I’m only open to part time contracts at this time” and every other day you’ll have a request to interview and they don’t mind a part time commitment.
People make this seem so much harder than it is. It’s just networking well, and becoming an expert at your chosen language / field. Then you can easily produce enough output to keep everyone happy.
I disagree with this wholeheartedly. If you are constantly doing the work of multiple devs, you get zero reward in this industry.
Instead, put that extra focus into side work and side projects. If you’re good enough you can even be honest with people. When taking on a contract you can say “I have another commitment and will be working between X and X on X days for you” as long as you get all the work done for your primary job it’s not immoral.
Get a job making 120-180 but 4 days a week. It is possible to do this. Make sure it is not an exciting company, but rather a corporate, slow moving one.
Now you can pick up a contract making 100+ per hour. 15-20 hours a week.
Do 4 hours of the main job. Do 4 hours of the freelance work.
You’ll easily be making 250k.
Another thing to note, as a developer you can solve a problem in 1 hour that may take others 4,5, or 10. At your full time job, schedule your work and spread out when you complete tasks.
I’ve found this is a solid way to make a lot of money 200-300k, at non FAANG, and I have been able to fit it all into 4 days every week. I also work less than 40 hours on average. I’m not affiliated with it, but there is a site called overemployed with more tips on doing this.
The key is getting a really slow, easy remote job first. This is easy to manage if you’re a good senior dev