He also mythologises his example: making a video game is a moment of inspiration. No slog, no rewrites, no iteration. Just 'inventions'. I'm guessing that his example company wasn't paying the contractor a full year's salary just to sit around and wait for four 'inventions' to just pop into her mind.

"What are you doing sitting there just cruising the web, Ms Contractor" > "Oh, I'm just waiting for this quarter's invention to pop into my head. Thanks for the payslip!"