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Caxy CEO here - this person brings up a really interesting point and something to consider if you're looking at getting into consulting. I fully get that among the annoying parts of the job is recording hours. I'm not great at it either. That's the downside. The issue is that it's how we get paid. If you've ever received a bill for something and wondered to yourself - "I'm paying for what??" - then you know what it's like for a client to get a bill with time entries that aren't clear, aren't what they asked for etc, or maybe the bill is late because it took us so long to put it together. It's a pain, I get it. But it's how a business like this runs.
I'm surprised at the lack of documentation comment, though. Again, if you're reading this thinking about whether Caxy is a fit for you, I'd honestly say we have more and better documentation for everything we do than any other small company I can think of. It's actually something we pride ourselves on. It's something we are constantly revisiting and refining. We don't ever want to have a process that is either unclear or arbitrary. The thing that makes me sad here is that we have a really open line of communication to try to fix friction like this. If you're reading this and you work here now, I'd love to have the chance to talk about anything that seems off and fix it.
Also surprised about the priorities comment. One of the innovations we create at Caxy was to address the issue with the famous "3 standup questions" and how it doesn't deal with ... priorities. If you work in consulting, or even a big company, just saying what you did yesterday, have planned for today, and if there are blockers, doesn't address this critical question. Should I work on the release for Thing A or the regression for Thing B? We handle that every morning.