What about the bills for electricity, heating, internet, phone, drinks & meals, and the fact that you're using your own furniture, your own computer, printer, etc. ?! You need to amortize all those costs if you want to know the real cost of working from home.

> What about the bills for electricity, heating, internet, phone, drinks & meals, and the fact that you're using your own furniture, your own computer, printer, etc. ?! You need to amortize all those costs if you want to know the real cost of working from home.

Do you get to skip on meals and furniture if you don't freelance though?

On many dev jobs you get one meal and free coffee/drinks provided, and furniture gets less worn out if you spend half a day out of the house - also you probably don't need to invest in good (and expensive) office chair, perhaps you don't need any office furniture at all (desk, lamp, bookcases, whatnot). It's a lot of small things that can amount to a lot when summed up...

If you’re freelancing full-time as a software dev, a meal and coffee and a nice desk and chair and computer every few years is a rounding error.

You’re talking about $1-2k per year for someone earning 100x - 300x that.

we're talking about calculating the minimal fee vs expected expenses, as advice for people just starting out... if you're already making 100K - 600K a year you don't need to calculate anything, you're doing great...