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Re:Ask HN: Machine learning contractors, how much do you cha... by mac01021 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:20AM (#19534329)
If you get a stream of tiny tasks from your client, maybe hourly billing is the way to go.

I'd they present you with a project that you agree to deliver in 6 weeks and then mostly leave you alone in the interim, it's probably a different story.

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Re:Ask HN: Machine learning contractors, how much do you cha... by seanwilson on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:10AM (#19534963)
In the 6 weeks scenario, when would you consider fixed price over weekly? With fixed price, there's a large incentive to be efficient and you can juggle more than one project at a time if you want to.
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