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Re:Study Links Uber and Lyft to Increase in U.S. Traffic Deaths by codyb on Sunday October 28, 2018 @01:36PM (#18321778)
I mean, I've seen plenty of software engineers with guaranteed incomes settle into their jobs and slack off so I'm not sure it's a great comparison really if proving your point is what you want to do.
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Re:Study Links Uber and Lyft to Increase in U.S. Traffic Deaths by dorfsmay on Monday October 29, 2018 @09:54AM (#18327521)
> I've seen plenty of software engineers with guaranteed incomes settle into their jobs and slack off

Make everybody a contractor! Let employers vote with their wallet. You slack off, you don't get renewed. I've been a contractor for more than 25 years, plenty of happy customers, plenty of renewals. Legally, my customers don't need to pay me if they can argue I did not deliver what was asked.

But, we negotiate and agree, beforehand, what the work and what the compensation is. I would never work without knowing what the compensation is ahead of time. WOULD YOU?

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