All my work is part-time, now. But I can't tell you how to start, because I slid into it sort of accidentally. The consulting company I worked for had me working a full-time RBAC project (more than full-time, actually) when another client wanted someone to handle security functions just 30 hr/mo; I was skeptical that I would be able to spare even that much time, but it worked out fine, and six months later the RBAC project was winding down anyway. By the time the RBAC client sent me home, my employers had found me another client who wanted the same sort of thing, a security jock whom they could hire to handle the occasional issue without employing me full-time.
It was only at that point that I realized I was now committed to remote part-time work. If I try to take on an on-site client, and suddenly one of my previous clients has an emergency that they need me to handle, what am I going to do? Walk out of the full-time client's building, go back to my hotel, and return to work afterward? That wouldn't go over very well. So now I have two or three clients at a time, all remote, and mostly I work much less than 40 hr/wk (but sometimes more). I've found that it suits me well. I'm nearing retirement age with no intention of retiring - financially speaking I don't ~need~ to work full-time - and I'm about to start collecting social-security benefits on top of it, if the country doesn't go bankrupt before then. Recruiters call me and I tell them I can consider only part-time; most of them go away at that point, but every so often one says "I think my client would consider that". But breaking into it, the start-up period...I don't know how to advise you. God's blessed me, and mostly it happened while I wasn’t looking. Still, you say you're "semi-retired" so I take it you don't need the income, at least not urgently; maybe it's just a matter of waiting for the right recruiters to come along, or for you to happen to call the right ones yourself. You may already know how much depends on ~timing~. Ageism? I'm willing to believe it's real, but I haven't noticed it. But then I'm only 65. Maybe in another ten years. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* A delay is better than a disaster. -Found taped to a departed IS manager's keyboard */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Gord Tomlin Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 18:20 This may sound facetious, but it's not meant to be. It all depends on what you want out of the part time project(s). If your objective is to do something interesting and mind-stimulating in your newly enlarged spare time, then there are massive number of open source projects you could contribute to. There's a very good chance that some such projects line up well with your outside interests. On the other hand, if your objective is to get paid for your part-time efforts, things are much tougher. Most employers want to see a full-time commitment from their employees, and ageism is real. --- On 2020-04-08 16:29, Stan Saraczewski wrote: > Question - how does a semi retired person secure part time projects ? There > is a difficulty getting past the 40 hour a week retirement... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
