Long hours

The Sandbox General
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What happens if i get interrupted by other work? It takes longer, of course. Anyway, i will give a different number is the question is “when can you complete this by?” than i will if the question is “how long will this take you?” The first is about when something can be done, and the second is about how much can i do.

My work isn’t billable. I understand why most people who do work that will be billed to a client need to keep track of their hours on a fairly granular level. (Although t don’t all.) There’s are reasons i don’t work for a consulting company, and the importance of timesheets is among those reasons.

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If you understand why we need to track hours in consulting why are you arguing against doing so?

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I don’t think you guys are disagreeing on the existence of different ways of measuring “work”.

Just which ones are more effective, and maybe that’s even the wrong word, more preferred perhaps.

Obviously Lucy is going to be biased against being billed by hours…like the rest of us who chose not to be billed by hours.

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I don’t really think that any of these methods are particularly great, but there is no perfect way.

yes, billable hours can be artificially inflated or vary immensely depending on how efficient the person is. but there is no real better way.

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  1. You don’t need to. It’s a choice on the part of your employer. But it’s a common choice for consultants, and i understand why it is a common choice.

  2. I wasn’t arguing that your employer shouldn’t make you track hours. I was explaining why i have chosen a job that doesn’t do that.

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your note 2 isn’t meaningful to me as i don’t like tracking hours. you don’t have to convince me that it sucks.

i haven’t polled my coworkers on this, but i’m guessing a lot of them hate tracking hours.

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mmmmm carbs

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you should recommend tracking half days instead!

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I currently measure my work in decades.

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