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Comments: 2 +-   Getting Started with Part-time Development Work? on Friday January 02 2009, @12:45AM fortapocalypse

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fortapocalypse writes "I'm getting paid a good salary as a Java developer and the hours are great. It is also very stable, which means something in today's economy (especially with a family to feed). However, I'm very unmotivated both because of the work that I do (which is boring) and because the organization I work for is highly political, disorganized, and there is almost no accountability. I've done what I could to try to change things at work, and have pretty much given up on that. I've wanted to go out on my own (either starting my own company or just working as a contractor doing Java development), but I'm not sure of the best way to get started, and my family needs the stability of my current job, so I don't want to quit just yet. I'd really like to start out part-time (I could spare 5-15 hours a week, even though I know that is really not much) to use it as supplemental income (which my family really needs at the moment), but I really don't know where to start. (I doubt many contracting agencies would be interested in part-time work.) What would slashdotters suggest for someone in my position?"
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  • Find a backup niche to improve your skills on. For me, that's Perl and I'm also adding some Ruby on Rails and Objective C for iPhone and OSX to the mix at some point. I work for a major consulting firm, and so far everyone I've met has agreed with my summary of what life is like in this business if you want to keep moving and end up will. It's that you're like a rat on a sinking ship. You jump from one piece of baggage to another. You get on one, you paddle closer to shore, and then when that is no longer u

  • First Keep your day job, in this economy consider yourself fortunate to have a job. I certainly do. Now for the freelance work there are a lot of sites that can provide you with a steady stream of work, once you have established a good reputation on whatever site you choose to join. Elance, Guru and ODesk are probably the better ones, Here is a nice intro article on WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122347721312915407.html?mod=googlenews_wsj [wsj.com] You can control how much work you take up so you can start slo
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