Or maybe it's about more than just maximizing, to the penny, the dollars-per-hour you can make. If it's as a contractor, then I'd give you more lee-way, but as

Or maybe it's about more than just maximizing, to the penny, the dollars-per-hour you can make. If it's as a contractor, then I'd give you more lee-way, but as a "full-time employee", there are other things that motivate me, at least: reputation, ability to get a job done on or under time (negotiating power in the future), responsibility to co-workers, pride in my work, etc.