Costs up on everything and a decrease in value/effort.

This is happening in the copper mining and related civil industry. Sure there are shilly consultants and whatnot (big M) but even design companies are giving low level engineering design and behind on everything.

I cannot help but think that decades of inflation and poor incentives are coming to roost. They’re expected to work well beyond standard hrs and provide gold standard for cheaper. Rates are coming higher to recoup losses.

Client requests also drive this but the ballooning of staff to do work for the same mine tonnage with lower recovery makes production even more critical.

Perhaps engineering and mineral extraction can be revived on a bitcoin standard. Value for value.