<story><title>Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs</title><url>https://sidequestjobs.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tppiotrowski</author><text>I worked for a company once that was very remote friendly. You could disappear for a month and then pop into Slack and ask, what’s next in the issues queue? Then work on issues for however long you wanted, billed hourly at a generous rate. Several times I disappeared for weeks to travel and climb and was always welcomed back.&lt;p&gt;That company was minting money and wasn’t worried about deadlines. I wish more work was structured this way.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zzt123</author><text>I had an analogous arrangement. I would pop in and out, identifying&amp;#x2F;building high impact projects, in a mix of web dev, PM, and analyzing data.&lt;p&gt;I was usually available for brainstorming&amp;#x2F;chats during my sometimes months of off cycle, including at non-regular hours. I&amp;#x27;m hopelessly neural atypical with on&amp;#x2F;off cycles of productivity and haven&amp;#x27;t found a way to make myself more regular.&lt;p&gt;I was paid as a full time employee despite my schedule, with a mutually agreed upon below-market offer in exchange for that freedom. USD 130k&amp;#x2F;y with full benefits and a much smaller than normal equity grant.&lt;p&gt;That arrangement lasted 7 years before moving on to new opportunities.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs</title><url>https://sidequestjobs.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tppiotrowski</author><text>I worked for a company once that was very remote friendly. You could disappear for a month and then pop into Slack and ask, what’s next in the issues queue? Then work on issues for however long you wanted, billed hourly at a generous rate. Several times I disappeared for weeks to travel and climb and was always welcomed back.&lt;p&gt;That company was minting money and wasn’t worried about deadlines. I wish more work was structured this way.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vsareto</author><text>Oh good lord, just when I think I&amp;#x27;ve found the perfect job, you have to go and shatter my comfortable illusions!</text></comment>