One Decision I Wish I had made Earlier: “Not Working for Others on Wednesdays.”
Put the Family First.
During my long software contracting period (2000–2021), I made one unusual decision as a software contractor, “not working on Wednesdays” ten years ago. I called it “unusual” because I have never met any other software contractor who does that. There are a few part-time contractors, but from my memory, none with “a fixed rest day”.
This is one of my best career decisions, as this article explains.
Nowadays, I still accept short-term contracting, but only interesting projects, and I don’t renew contracts.
Table of Contents:
· This is totally different from “4-day work week” policies in some companies.
· How I start “Not working for others on Wednesdays”?
· The Benefits …
· The Loss is quite minor, relatively
This is totally different from “4-day work week” policies in some companies.
“4-day work week” is a company policy (rare though), while “Not working (for others) on Wednesdays” is my personal decision.
- My Wednesdays are pure rest days (in terms of jobs).
In the “4-day…
