Re:Going Solo, Successfully
by shkkmo on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:34PM
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> clearly you did not work with enough clients to understand hourly is painful, invoices never paid in time, and you will get micromanaged very quickly.
As a full-time solo web developer for the last 8 years, I disagree and find your comment distastefully dismissive.
Hourly billing can provide flexibility, transparency and freedom. I have never had a problem getting paid for any of my hourly invoices and I have never had any arguments about my hours.
Different companies, projects and developers have different desires, needs and dynamics.
I totally buy that there are a large number of freelance developers who are billing hourly and would be better off switching to billing daily or weekly.
However, to claim that billing hourly is never the right choice is idiotic and naive. Hourly, daily, weekly and per project billing all have their upsides and downsides and work better in some circumstances than others.
As a full-time solo web developer for the last 8 years, I disagree and find your comment distastefully dismissive.
Hourly billing can provide flexibility, transparency and freedom. I have never had a problem getting paid for any of my hourly invoices and I have never had any arguments about my hours.
Different companies, projects and developers have different desires, needs and dynamics.
I totally buy that there are a large number of freelance developers who are billing hourly and would be better off switching to billing daily or weekly.
However, to claim that billing hourly is never the right choice is idiotic and naive. Hourly, daily, weekly and per project billing all have their upsides and downsides and work better in some circumstances than others.