Claude Code is pretty sick. I love the terminal integration, I like being able to stay on the keyboard and not have to switch UIs. It did a nice job learning my small Django codebase and helping me finish out a feature that I wasn't sure how to complete.
I was being a bit facetious with that one. In retrospect, I would have pushed back quite a lot more, but for different reasons than I did when I was in my early twenties. PMs are there for a reason, but the realistic pace that a given change can be expected to be made on this type of software, especially as a new team member, is a lot slower than I should have tried to achieve and that they would have liked, and it's important to avoid burnout.
I thought I needed to earn my place and tried very hard, but slowing down and going home at the right time regardless of whether the thing I was working on was done or not, would have been smart. They placed a lot of pressure on me to produce perfect code at the same rate as all the java devs based on the assumption the assumption their job was harder because it was backend, but the tools and parameters of their work were wildly better at the time, and I had undiagnosed ADHD.
So, I'd be protecting my sanity more and telling them it'll get done next week instead of trying to fit one more thing in because "it's just a button" or whatever.
How is PTO an “indirect cost”, when salary is a direct cost? The company pays a salary to an employee, which includes time off. Is there a separate accounting rule for PTO that moves it to the indirect category?
Another option is to hire the employee as a contractor and let them deal with their own benefits and time off. What am I not understanding here?
There are different definitions of direct and indirect costs. According to the strictest definition, only billable hours are direct costs. All other costs of employment are indirect. But at least for applications from the academia, NIH considers indirect costs of employment direct costs.
Grants are not money you can use the way you see fit. If the budget includes funds for hiring employees, you cannot use them to hire contractors. You can use the money as originally requested, return it, or apply for a permission to change the budget. You can make minor changes on your own, but not major changes such as hiring a third party to do a substantial part of the work.
There are many reasons why I wouldn't hire everyone else in my company as a contractor. One reason is that this is bad for the employee/contractor. I wouldn't be able to give that person benefits for example. I need to attract the best people to my company and that means giving them fair compensation including benefits.
Yes, PTO does go into indirect costs and can not go into direct costs. Labor is separated out by hours worked for each customer. Any PTO of time working on indirect, those hours can not be billed to a customer.
Sheesh people here are so negative. This is really fucking cool in my opinion. Sports leagues are suffering from declining viewership; it’s great to see them take risks and actually produce content that’s, you know, fun.
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