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Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by AnIrishDuck on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @04:04PM (#5753351)
Right; then what you describe sounds like nuclear-silo-klaxon warnings to me. If the decision-makers want to replace $x/hour janitors with $xx/hour developers, they probably understand neither the price nor value of anything.
Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by greenyoda on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @06:32PM (#5754220)
Some deluded executives think that since developers aren't paid by the hour, their time is "free" (just tell the developers to work more hours per week to make up for the cleaning time). They'd never ask a consultant who billed by the hour to clean the bathrooms, since that would cost "real money".