[mknbvcxz]

I had one of these. Comfortable income; not big tech but well over USA median. Remote. Put in 5-15 hours a week.

Strongly recommend against it.

What I would recommend instead is have a hard look at what's causing pain in your current situation. Try and get as concrete as possible. Try going one level deeper from 'world is hyper capitalistic' to what hurts. When I talk to people that express similar views there is usually some other deep hurt that is going unaddressed. ie 'im not being valued for my work', 'I have a deep fear I will not be able to provide or be valued', 'I like tech, but the current structure of tech employers doesnt fit well with me(weird noises in offices are deeply uncomfortable)' etc.

It's almost counterintuitive but 60 hard hours / week at something you enjoy and thrive in will be easier and feel better like 5 hours at something you hate. Most everyone has a desire to feel valued and needed, so look for what that can be for you. Note prestige of impact != internal satisfaction. If you enjoy serving tea, then doing that for little money (and lots of time) will feel better in the long run than doing a few hours of tech work you despise.

Also... strongly recommend tuning out from the internet / news / social media. Sensationalist headlines can obscure our felt experience of life.

Reading between the lines of your post, Im not sure if what you want is a job with low hours or to solve your deep unhappiness? If I told you I had a job that paid well but you would still be happy would you take it?

[markus_zhang]

That's like a dream job for me. I'm going to use the rest of the time to hack on OS kernels instead of losing sleep over it. The thing is, people rarely get to work on what they are passionate about. At least I literally have seen none, after spending so many years in 5+ companies, none of my team is very passionate about the job, which is understandable.

[frizlab]

idk… If I had a job where I could put 5 to 15 hours a week and get a pay, I’d fill all my time with something else! (Side projects, sports, etc.)

[austinjp]

Agreed. I walked past a high-end fashion store in a major European city recently. The big glass door was locked, with a sign explaining that the shop was open, the door was locked to prevent theft. There was one young woman inside staffing the shop, sitting behind a counter. I envied her, I could happily take minimum wage for a year or so, sitting at a desk all day with very occasional interruption, while I tap at a laptop working on personal projects. Unfortunately I'm not a glamorous 20-something European woman.

[mknbvcxz]

That's what I did. Hobbies & Side work. Traveling!

The key is to set boundaries, learn which 5 hours of work are important and manage expectations well. Im convinced you get most of your work done in the first 20 hours of the week and there's diminishing returns after that. Manual labor scales pretty linearly with time. Software development not so much.