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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by tough on Monday June 09, 2025 @10:24PM (#44231835)
How many engineer-hours are lost amongst the whole company each semester to report all these mindless tickets?
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Re:Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev ... by oasisbob on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @12:43AM (#44232611)
A lot.

It also warps outcomes towards a metric which "is only used for tax purposes" but which also is reported ritualistically with an expectation of compliance.

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