diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b66cf30..6bd976e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -271,29 +271,6 @@ In the end, it doesn't matter much - if you get paid by the hour, you do a certa Assuming you earn at least slightly more than you spend and that you have some kind of a financial buffer, at the end of the year, you'll end up with the same amount. In 2022Q2 we tried to open a position for a "full-time" engagement with a fixed monthly payment model (which would automatically bonus people who perform well to make it fair, sort of like a liquidity pool)... But nobody was really interested, so we took the job ad down. -### So that we put ourselves in the right mindset - -Let me tell you a story. - -One of our staff members worked from a room on the top floor of his 3 story house. -A few times per day he wanted to get some tea 🍵, but the kitchen was downstairs, so he stopped the time tracker, walked down the squeaky wooden stairs, got to the kitchen, filled up the kettle, prepared a cup and a teabag while waiting for the kettle to boil the water, poured the hot water into the cup and waited for a few minutes for the tea to brew. -He then removed the teabag from the cup and slowly walked up 3 flights of stairs. -Started the timer and got back to work (well, sort of - that entire activity distracted him, so he needed to reload the task which he was working on to his short-term memory before he could do actual development). - -Later that day he has taken a look at his time log and realized he spent 15min on a tea break. -It was not a very relaxing type of activity (trying not to burn himself with a hot liquid while going up ~~stairs~~ squeaky wooden stairs was not his favourite hobby) (actually, his hobby was board games, but I digress). - -Now, what's the moral of that story? -Later that day he bought a kettle and installed it in his room. -We could see it on video calls - he could reach behind his chair and start the kettle without losing focus. -Tea and cup were also there. -That's like 30-45min extra more time *per day* spent on building something he loves to build. -Python backends. This is why we are here. -This is why you are here, am I right? -Seriously, if you could choose between RT and a workplace optimized for "walking up squeaky wooden stairs while trying to not burn yourself with a hot liquid", what would you do? - -(or maybe it was ☕? I don't remember) - ### So that we know how much we should charge the client Even if you'd only work for one client per billing period, you'd still log some time to `RT / *` and `RTO / *` projects, and those are paid by the company and not by the client.