# Work schedules etc. (was Re: Ruby Certification Test) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 27, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/work-schedules-etc-was-re-ruby-certification-test/118443 "2007-10-27T00:03:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/work-schedules-etc-was-re-ruby-certification-test/118443/1 "2007-10-27T00:03:51Z")
> > I would be down with only working 20 hours a week. I’d question the > > rest of it, though. > > Around here it’s almost impossible to earn a living working 20 > hours/week. Either they pay high but expect you to work almost 24/7 or > they pay so low that you have to work almost 24/7. Positions where you > get anything else are quite rare. Actually that’s not so far from true in the States also. If you can find a tech job that pays well at part-time, or even find consulting where you can just do part-time hours, it’s a pretty valuable thing. You can make six figures working full-time if you’re good, but for some reason it’s a lot trickier to make five figures working part-time, whether you’re good or not. > Yet most of the useful work is done in China almost for free so most > of the stuff people do here for living is useless nonsense. Yay, the > awesome free market. Companies in the US are doing the same thing, but recently (if I understand correctly) the costs of programmers in India became nearly equivalent to the costs of programmers in the States, with added costs for communication across languages, cultures, and time zones. – Giles B. Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com) Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org) Tumblelog: [http://giles.tumblr.com/](http://giles.tumblr.com/)