Hourly pay is a scam.
Unless you need someone in a physical place for a set amount of time like a cashier, outside of that hourly pay is an anti-incentive, there's a task, and the work needs to get d...
I do web/backend development for some freelance clients, and I charge hourly with breakdowns of why it took the charged time. I find they find it a reasonable explanation of why I charged $2-3k or an equivalent large sum
I also prefer that to quoting per project since it is rare for me to be given all the info at the onset for a fair quote or for the task not to change over the development course. Also, sometimes certain things I thought easy weren’t or vice versa.
But it is nice to have the choice between the two as I do for my self employed side gigs. I’d definitely take per project pricing at my day job since those are easier to forecast and I could pour lots of time into maxing out my own productivity as I’m incentivized
I also prefer that to quoting per project since it is rare for me to be given all the info at the onset for a fair quote or for the task not to change over the development course. Also, sometimes certain things I thought easy weren’t or vice versa.
But it is nice to have the choice between the two as I do for my self employed side gigs. I’d definitely take per project pricing at my day job since those are easier to forecast and I could pour lots of time into maxing out my own productivity as I’m incentivized
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