Ask HN: Going from 12 years of self-employment to tech job?

Re:Ask HN: Going from 12 years of self-employment to tech job? by senordevnyc on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:35PM (#21392322)

I never ever bill hourly. 90% of the work I do is value-based pricing, with a weekly or monthly rate once in a blue moon. My effective hourly rates are much, much higher than anyone would pay me strict hourly.

Also, I'm not sure where you're finding clients, but the market for senior iOS dev definitely is nowhere near $40 / hr. If you're competing with offshore devs on Upwork or people who do "web, iOS, Android, and anything else development!!" then yeah, maybe. But there are tons of clients out there who need senior talent with deep iOS expertise and professionalism and pay north of $100 / hr, or much more if you price based on value.

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Re:Ask HN: Going from 12 years of self-employment to tech job? by TooCleverByHalf on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @07:55PM (#21393363)

Would you mind giving an example of the type of value based pricing you're talking about? What kind of metrics do you use to determine the value you provide to the client? Is it as simple as "this feature has increased sales by X%"?

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