632 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 3 Feb \ on: Future of work via Bitcoin ❓ bitcoin
  1. What do you think WILL change with the nature of our work?
  • based on contract instead of payroll.
  • based on skills/pow not schools or certificates.
  • pay with the result, not time.
  • people back to do what they love instead of what makes the most money.
I feel it's more like going back to how things used to be?
  1. Perhaps more importantly, what do you think WILL NOT change?
  • compatibilities, you most likely still prefer to work with someone compatible with your working style.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw OP 3 Feb
pay with the result, not time.
How do you see this working with bigger longer projects?
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249 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 4 Feb
It can be installments based on milestones - I think paying for time is one of the stupidest things you can do when hiring - people would do things so much slower to get more payment or do less work, so it ended up wasting other people's money and their own time.
Now, I only pay people for their work instead of their time, so we discuss what should be done with a contract, and then you do it as you please in your own time, I would leave you alone, but feel free to contact me if you need anything else; and when it's done, I pay - so simple.
But then it also depends on the work itself, like is it ongoing? repetitive? But then the same thing, you negotiate the contract which is fair for both, then focus on the result instead of the time, as
  1. People are not supposed to work like a machine
  2. Sitting 8 hours to work is one of the least productive ways you can work
  3. People would come up with creative solutions in their own way to get work done faster.
At the end of the day, it's about contracts - think about what's good instead of doing the default 8-hour workday salary.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 3 Feb
compatibilities, you most likely still prefer to work with someone compatible with your working style.
Agree with all of the above, but particularly this. It's actually amazing how working with the right people can make you far more productive, far more energetic. That's why I have a hard time thinking the most successful companies of the next 50 years will be single founders working with A.I. It's just so much more fun hacking away on something with someone, even if only for a few weeks/months.
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