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Re:Ask HN: If my company bills me out at $165/hr what should... by tptacek on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @04:14PM (#19029830)
This is another reason never to bill hourly. You should set your client up to care as little as possible about the amount of time billed; they should just be paying for an outcome. You don't want to be in a position where you have to groom the amount of work you bill precisely to account for other things you have to do.
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Re:Ask HN: If my company bills me out at $165/hr what should... by bargl on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:12PM (#19030341)
This is a really good point about what the guy in .NET Rocks said. He bills for outcome not hourly and discusses before hand why his billing rate is so high.

It's an awesome approach. He actually tries to find reasons not to work with client, because he's so expensive that if he can offer cheaper alternative they should go with it. Only pay if you really need to.

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