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@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ But it describes exactly what I do.
You call me when a machine-generated tool breaks something real. You call me when a machine-generated tool breaks something real.
A harvest lost. A contract mispriced. A greenhouse running dry. 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 & open the next 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.
**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.**