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Re:Attention Is My Most Valuable Asset for Productivity as a... by brtkdotse on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:31AM (#25031967)
For real. I’m a contractor that bills by the hour which means I have a pretty good understanding of cost of features.

At a previous client I got a ticket that would mean rewriting a large part of the application, to the tune of €10k. Something didn’t sit right with me and I started sleuthing around the org chart, asking relevant people questions. The €10k ticket became €0.5k in research and two-line css fix + different copy in the UI

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Re:Attention Is My Most Valuable Asset for Productivity as a... by mpfundstein on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:25PM (#25037867)
so how did they reward you for the cost savings you helped them to yield?
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Re:Attention Is My Most Valuable Asset for Productivity as a... by brtkdotse on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:03PM (#25039857)
By renewing my contract for 6 more months.

I am a contractor, I get paid for hours spent. If I got paid by money saved I’d be a consultant. Small but important difference and wildly different business models.

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Re:Attention Is My Most Valuable Asset for Productivity as a... by ckdarby on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:02AM (#25057975)
The difference is clearly explained but then the contractor (@brtkdotse) does the work of the consultant but as a contractor and reduced their own billable hours.

Business renewed the contract because they're realizing they're getting both roles for the pay of one.

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Re:Attention Is My Most Valuable Asset for Productivity as a... by mpfundstein on Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:13AM (#25071337)
you did the work of a consultant. you surely have it in you. take the next step
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