36. Part-Time Jobs
How to Land a Full-Time Job by PIRATE KING
How I got my first full-time job by PIRATE KING
An opportunity to learn while getting paid
If you find a job soon, great. But I’ll be honest. Despite doing all this, it will still be bloody challenging for most of you to find your first full-time software engineering job. But let me share what I did in the interim. I looked for part-time developer jobs. That’s how I built my career. I started as a part-time game developer in Japan, getting paid ￥800 yen or about $8 an hour.
There are similar jobs in the US, too, including remote ones! If you’re still unconvinced, my friend’s first coding job was part-time Python engineer in the US. How do you find one? The almighty Google! Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Embrace your part-time job as an opportunity to learn while getting paid. That’s how I landed my first internship at NCSoft, then my first full-time job at ebay, then Amazon, Microsoft, and so on.
12 Years in the Life of a Software Engineer by PIRATE KING
PK’s Professional Career
02/2012 - 12/2012: Koshyu Ichiba, Japanese ramen restaurant server, Tokyo, Japan (Part-time, ￥1,000/hr - about $10/hr)
06/2013 - 12/2013: Cyberstep, Game Software Engineer, Tokyo, Japan (Contract, ￥800-￥850/hr - about $8/hr)
07/2014 - 08/2014: NCSoft, Game Software Engineer, Seoul, South Korea (Intern, ￦1,200,000/month - about $1,000/month)
12/2014 - 03/2017: ebay, Software Engineer, Seoul, South Korea (Full-time, ￦37,000,000/year - about $31,000/year)
04/2017 - 04/2018: Amazon, Software Engineer, Seattle, WA, USA (Full-time, $142,000/year)
05/2018 - 04/2022: Microsoft, Software Engineer, Redmond, WA, USA (Full-time)
Current: Some Company, Software Engineer, Seattle, WA, USA (Full-time, after declining Google’s $360,000/year offer)
Resources
🔗 Job portal: Indeed.com - try searching for “part-time software engineer” jobs
▶️ Blog: 12 Years in the Life of a Software Engineer
📃 Download PK’s Resume
