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Re:The gig economy of the 18th Century by Spooky23 on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:46PM (#14843441)
That's a weird way to look at it.

Contractors exist because they are disposable. Period. In many instances, contract workers are less efficient and cause work to be broken up in arbritary ways to make the RFPs make sense. You're literally spending 3-5x for the disposability.

As a professional in a field, you should hate contractors as they diminish your work and make you disposable.

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Re:The gig economy of the 18th Century by conanbatt on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:07PM (#14844216)
> As a professional in a field, you should hate contractors as they diminish your work and make you disposable.

This is correct, in the same way that you should despise any other professional from competing with your service.

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