[hellisothers]

I’ve been a software engineer for 18 years and have had 4 jobs, only one (brief) one was hourly and it was arguably the least satisfying by far. I was seen as a resource which is essentially what you’re arguing for “if you’re paid hourly then your time is more valued by management”, but the problem is you’re never given the freedom to roam. Your time is always over managed and accounted for, I could never get into a “flow” state. I imagine that company never created anything novel, it was just factory work.