I contracted at this telecom for years, and a few years after I left the guy I'd reported to told me that they'd actually replaced me with a team of five people

I contracted at this telecom for years, and a few years after I left the guy I'd reported to told me that they'd actually replaced me with a team of five people. So I guess 5x :-) I mostly did custom network management, provisioning and automation stuff, the kind of thing that really raises productivity for the teams that manage all that gear.