Anyone here working on 2 projects (2 different companies at the same time)? I have been working with a company as a full time employee and just got another contract offer. There is no conflicts and my FT Job is a bit chill for rest of the year. Only issue that I can see is the conflicts in meetings but I am hoping that it won't happen occasionally.

Not only conflict of meetings I see some conflict of interest. Make sure to have your contract reviewed by your lawyer before jumping into new job. Most full time job has clause in their contract where one cannot take similar position in another company . You know once ur blacklisted in IT job, life gets hard .
Ethical advise, being a lead system arch I'm assuming ur making very decent money. Leave the other job who needs it :) .

Also consider tax burden .if single and 150 k plus income with 2 jobs , u end up paying huge . Working online paying tax to multiple states might be something to consider about .

Sum up , make sure you wont hurt your full time job by any means . Contract jobs can be replaced easily but for full time, you know how hard it is to get a decent one .

Thanks SSK for your input and thinking from different angle. As far as I know, I do not see any conflict of interest. I have worked in multiple contracts in past but they all were one at a time but I know some of my friends works on multiple projects simultaneously which all are contracts. I haven't met anyone working on this typical scenario(contract+FT). I am not a single and paying taxes is fine for me. It's just having too much time and I can't stay idle at home. That's why you might have seen me frequently in sajha these days

It’s not illegal but not ethical. When there are 30 million unemployed currently I’m sure one out of that 30 mil. can definitely do the job. I had an offer too but I declined.

Do not agree on that sql. There is no guarantee that one of the 30 mil would get a chance. I was reading an analysis in twitter and most of the people who lost the job were from non-IT background and there are very few cases from IT who lost the job either due to visa issues or managerial posts like ED,CTO etc. It was further claiming that IT still does not have enough supply per demands due to restrictions in visas

Take a consent form your employer to prevent any
further lawsuit n peace of mind . It can be legal or illigal depending upon your condition of contract .if its illigal dnt do it .

Sajha keto, I say if you can handle it go for it. With two jobs you can easily make 200k a year, and you are right, it's not like you are taking someone else's job. You were offered a job and you took it. People are not ethical nowadays especially not in IT. I have seen someone watch YouTube videos to learn a skill, then post resume with 6 years of experience and are working well now. I don't judge anymore. I guess i am getting older :-)

@SSK, I don't want to go for the consent, rather I would just not accept it @chicagoan: I shared it here just to know if anyone is already doing this or might be useful to people who may come into same situation in future. I will see/post here once I make a decision. BTW, the gross would be way more than 200 if I accept the second one . As I said, it's not just money, it's the free time that I have currently and no where to go

Ok good luck. I disagree, "it is not just the money", it is the money :-)

If gross is 200 net would be 144. Good money, worth a try . 12 k a month would give you a decent life , of course bonus on top. If I was you I would give a try .

Chicagoan:
Thanks. It's also money but not just money. I had a contract role earlier which used to pay way more than what I make currently but I choose stability and tech stack so accepted my current role.
So, money is definitely a factor but should not only the factor, is what I think but I know it may not be applicable for everyone

SSK:
Gross would be way more than 200(It would be 265K to be precise) if I do both together and I have a decent paying job currently so not just running after money(again it's one of the factor but not everything for me). But, You know you would get more exposure, know more people and get more ideas on different things that you do on day to day work

Yeah, if it is way above 200k, that probably means more than 300k. Worth all the risks. "Get rich or die trying " (Curtis "50 cents" Jackson)

If you can go for it. When time comes to quit, do not hesitate.

Ok In my case I referred that gig to this guy who was recently laid off from work and he got the job. :)

That is really nice of you sql server. But remember each to his own. There is always risk and reward. Sajha keto is taking a risk, a calculated risk and if all goes well he will be well rewarded. And i don't buy that he is not doing it for money, if he really wanted exposure, meet new people, he could have volunteered.

LOL Chicagoan. you again misquote / misunderstood what I am saying. I do have value the money. It's also a factor that I wanted another contract role (obviously I can't just do a free work) but what I was saying is that money is not the only factor I am thinking of doing both

I see. My best wishes, Sajha Keto.

SQL: I don't know anyone who got laid off who doesn't have immigration thing (I know a guy whose project got over but is in H1B and client is not ok with that). I have a friend who wanted to make a change so referred him initially but he could not make it (he works on traditional tech stack and they are looking for current stack: AWS/JAVA/Python/Node/Angular or React) so I presented myself and it went thru(not saying मपाइ, it just matched with the tech stack what I have been doing since last 1.5 years)

Also, you make sure that both companies' employee handbook waive off moon-lighting working as a full-time employee in both companies parallel, otherwise, you may face consequences from both companies and may end up losing both jobs.

If you work in 1099, then you should be fine one of the companies or both companies. However, you need to disclose both companies and well inform them in writing to the HR/immediate manager before jumping to another boat.

Quit both jobs. Find new job that pays equivalent to two jobs.
Consequently, Time saveD. Learn new things. Don’t waste time in Sajha.