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The author saved their company half a million dollars by optimizing costs in the Advanced Analytics Platform (AAP). The platform had numerous technical debt issues and inefficient processes. By making a simple change, the projected bill dropped from a million to half a million dollars.

I Accidentally Saved Half A Million Dollars — Ludicity

Saved previous client $750k p.a
thanks Ross - we put on a pizza party for you.
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Amazing article, and I’m sure anyone from the corporate world can relate. There are times I want to show what I can do and improve something, and every time I do that and succeed, it ends up just being more work on my plate for all the wrong reasons.
You survive in corporate by keeping your head down and doing nothing. It’s all most people here are good for anyway, it seems

Good example of when you write from the heart. Thanks for sharing!