6 months a year

[Shimano105]

Could you survive on that? Would you want to?

I guess that some of us may be bracing themselves for that sort of bench-time.

Obviously more money would be nice, but I would be on about the same as my last permie job if I worked just 6 months a year.

So that's like 6 months paid holiday - quite a perk. I wouldn't mind 6 months a year to spend with the family whilst all my old colleagues are still turning up to the mill day after dull day.

[TheFaQQer]

Yes, and yes.

I normally only work 9 months a year max anyway, so another 3 months is nothing really.

There is no price that I can be paid to replace quality time with the family - I contract so that I can work less, not earn more.

[Zippy]

I have done in the past (and very nice it was too).
My current gig won't allow me to save enough money to do it again soon though

[zara_backdog]

So far yes !

[d000hg]

Could you survive on that? Would you want to?

Could do. Would get bored and end up coding anyway, on plan B or for fun.

[ChimpMaster]

I see it in a slightly different light. I work 5 years on and then may have 5 years off.

[Shimano105]

Good answers.

I was thinking that since the last permie job we'd got accustomed to living on that amount a year so it wouldn't be a hardship. I would love to work on plan Bs and keeping on top of the development treadmill rather than wasting time and diesel going into a code mill whilst my skillset goes down the pan.

[Mich the Tester]

Yes, and seeing as my girlfriend has a good safe job in nursing and we have a small mortgage we’d be fine. I think I’d have to cut back on the top class restaurant visits; perhaps once every two weeks instead of every week, drink a bit more supermarket wine and perhaps drive a second hand car, but all this is peanuts when you consider all the free time for astronomy, messing about in the garden, going to the beach and so on.

[chef]

Yes, and yes.

I normally only work 9 months a year max anyway, so another 3 months is nothing really.

There is no price that I can be paid to replace quality time with the family - I contract so that I can work less, not earn more.

ditto

[NotAllThere]

I work 9 months a year. Trying to reduce that though.