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@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ A harvest lost. A contract mispriced. A greenhouse running dry.
I show up. I read the spec. I find the gap between what someone told the machine to do & what the world actually did. I show up. I read the spec. I find the gap between what someone told the machine to do & what the world actually did.
Then I fix it. Unfortunately, not every job arrives as a Jira ticket. Then I fix it. Unfortunately, not every job arrives as a Jira ticket.
Some come undisciplined & urgent, undergoing triage in a Slack room without a number. Some come undisciplined & urgent, undergoing triage in a Slack room without a number.
One of those could terminate you into unemployment.
One of those could fire you.
**The pay reflects the gap between what this work actually does & what people think it costs.** **The pay reflects the gap between what this work actually does & what people think it costs.**