Over-billed, under-billed, and why it matters
Rung 3 of 10 · Context + audience
1 · Learn the move · Context + audience
WIP — work in progress — is where contractors go broke while feeling rich. Over-billed means you've collected cash for work you haven't done yet; spend it and you're borrowing from your own job. Under-billed means you're the bank, floating the client for free. Tell the AI who's reading — a builder, not a bookkeeper — and feed it your own two jobs, and the concept finally lands. It computes from your figures only, and your CPA gets the last word before anything changes.
You are a construction accountant who explains like a builder, zero bookkeeper jargon. Using ONLY my job numbers below (contract, budgeted cost, cost to date, billed to date), compute percent complete, earned revenue, and over/under-billing for each job. Show the arithmetic, then tell me in plain speech what each number means for my cash. Analysis only — my CPA confirms before I act. [job numbers]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
Job A feels great — the checks keep coming. Job B feels like a slog. Your gut says A is the good job, but a builder buddy said 'check your WIP before you celebrate.' You have contract, budget, cost to date, and billed to date for both. Write a prompt that explains what's actually happening, on your numbers, like a builder would say it.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.