You may think that’s the way it’s supposed to work for contractors, but in every single job I’ve ever had as a contractor, I always tried very hard to work as i

You may think that’s the way it’s supposed to work for contractors, but in every single job I’ve ever had as a contractor, I always tried very hard to work as if I was a salaried employee — like I had skin in the game. It’s just part of who I am, and I can’t really change that. Either way, I am trying to take home a certain amount of money, sure. And make enough to cover my insurance needs, yes. And as a contractor, I was always sensitive to those clients who wanted to make sure I never billed more than 40 hours a week, regardless of how many hours of work I actually did. Maybe that’s not how contractors are supposed to do things, but that’s a core part of my personality, and not something I can change — or would want to. Of course, I’ve never been an Amazon warehouse worker, or a driver for Uber or Lyft, so for them I might act differently. But as an IT consultant many times over the past 30+ years, this has been the way I have worked.