It's easy to measure workers by how many hours their ass is in their seat per day, so that's what gets measured and that's how we're judged. I'm tempted to say

It's easy to measure workers by how many hours their ass is in their seat per day, so that's what gets measured and that's how we're judged. I'm tempted to say I'd rather be paid per bug/feature, with the pay rate increasing based on the complexity of the bug/feature, so that when I think I have enough money I can say no to additional work without repercussions -- but workers in other industries organized against [piece work](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_work) for a reason.