>Why would a software developer not want to know how long their projects lasted? But the software is a tool used by customers to do the actual equivalents of t

>Why would a software developer not want to know how long their projects lasted? But the software is a tool used by customers to do the actual equivalents of the things you listed. As you said for the lawyer: They're happy the the contract fulfilled its purpose, not that it's still sitting on a shelf somewhere.