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Re:The First Time I Used Programming At Work by justin on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @03:29AM (#3980896)
The hours for this task weren't billed.
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Re:The First Time I Used Programming At Work by janus on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @06:31AM (#3981394)
He means that the law firm makes money by billing hours; hence if you take less time to do a task, the firm earns less money.
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Re:The First Time I Used Programming At Work by eru on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @10:38AM (#3982190)
Although in theory they could just up their hourly rate, if their hours are more productive, now.
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Re:The First Time I Used Programming At Work by justin on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @12:03PM (#3982590)
Yeah, I'm the author and I know what billable hours are. My hours here weren't being billed out to the client.
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Re:The First Time I Used Programming At Work by jiggy2011 on Thursday May 17, 2012 @07:52AM (#3986528)
Surely people aren't paying a lawyers hourly rate for them to cut and paste around spreadsheets?
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