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There is something of the [[labour theory of value]] to hours clocked up. Native private practitioners actually ''like'' the feeling of accomplishment and self-worth that comes from spending 2,500 hours a year slogging away at meaningless textual rockfaces. Those who argue against them are talking their own book: mainly technologists and other refugees from “big law” — [[Lazy|lazy people]] like yours truly with no stomach for the paper-war pantomime — but in any case you will not find senior partners of white-shoe law firms — or, really, those who ''aspire'' to being partners of white-shoe firms — railing against charge-out rates. | There is something of the [[labour theory of value]] to hours clocked up. Native private practitioners actually ''like'' the feeling of accomplishment and self-worth that comes from spending 2,500 hours a year slogging away at meaningless textual rockfaces. Those who argue against them are talking their own book: mainly technologists and other refugees from “big law” — [[Lazy|lazy people]] like yours truly with no stomach for the paper-war pantomime — but in any case you will not find senior partners of white-shoe law firms — or, really, those who ''aspire'' to being partners of white-shoe firms — railing against charge-out rates. | ||
The time-and-attendance model is embedded deep in the cultural layers of commerce. | The time-and-attendance model is embedded deep in the [[Pace layering|cultural layers of commerce]].It will long outlive trendy types who predict its demise. | ||
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