<div dir="ltr"><div>Re the bit of the question about part-timers, I have to say that
the various times I've been looking for a coder I've never even
considered part-time developers. The reason being, I'm always hiring
someone to be part of a team (even when it's a teeny tiny team). When a
team of coders works together it's a very involved, collaborative
process. You can make it work if people are remote, as long as you have
good communication hygiene, but having someone who's not available 2
days a week? That really messes with the dynamic, both on a practical
level ("WhyTF did they do it like this?" / "Dunno, and we can only ask
them when they're back in on Thursday, so you'd better not touch that
class until then."), and more importantly on a psychological one: people
are tribal, and if you're not fully in the tribe you're an outsider.<br><br></div>Of
course, if the whole team worked part-time, with the same days off,
you'd sidestep that. But even if the feel-good factor offset some of the
lost hours, your output will still drop, and I've never worked for a company that wasn't in a desperate hurry to get stuff done....<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 February 2017 at 10:23, Thomas Buckley-Houston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom@tombh.co.uk" target="_blank">tom@tombh.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Wow Evgeny, I really appreciate the feedback. It gives me a much more<br>
digestible perspective than, "no, sorry, not at the moment" (which is<br>
of course a legitimate response itself).<br>
<br>
I should have mentioned though that all the places I'm applying<br>
clearly express remote focuses or remote friendliness. So I totally<br>
understand your preference for face to face, it's a basic human medium<br>
we've evolved over millions of years. And I love your;<br>
<span class=""><br>
> I need a person who will look at the company and figure out how to prevent half the tickets from appearing.<br>
<br>
</span>Also perhaps I could make clearer that I'm not just looking for short<br>
term contracts. I'd love a permanent part time role, I just have no<br>
need for the kind of money full time involves.<br>
<br>
Anyway, like I said, this is such a first-world problem. But still I<br>
very much appreciate the feedback.<br>
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