jazz_from_hell

Interesting!

I’m curious if this is a silent agreement with your boss or if it’s explicit?

That’s a really good phrasing.

I’ve been working mostly in IT and I’m a bit of a generalist. I’ve thought about doing contracting and specialising ”on-the-go”. It could work... but it could also be a bit stressful. I think my current job will allow me to go quite deep in some areas so I might want to hang on to it for a while in order to allow for better opportunities further down the road.

Yeah maybe it is easier to achieve in large companies...? They will anyway need to employ lots of people since they are large. Whereas growing the headcount might not always be that easy for small companies.

So far I have mostly worked for small companies. So I might want to consider working for larger ones.

Also, thank you for suggesting multiple strategies. All angles need to be considered (^_^)

Do you work remotely now? If so may I ask how many hours of work you put down on average? (If you rather not share that I totally understand.)

Interesting. Seems like it also could backfire…? If what is expected to get done needs 40 h.

Cool! Had you been working there for long before suggesting that?

Interesting. Do you mean solution architect kind of assignments?

That’s a very interesting idea.

Any suggestions on what kinds of assignments that would work better or worse in such a setting?

Many of the consultants I’ve seen in IT are more like regular employees except that they are employed buy the consultants. (I.e. they sit in the client’s office 40 h/week.) But I guess there are other ways to do it.

Well sure, I guess I would. And I have been on parental leave for all of my kids. But being a stay-at-home dad for several years in a stretch would not suit me so well. Just as I feel that working full-time doesn’t suit me either. I want to find a middle ground.