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Re:5 reasons why hourly rate is better than fixed price by bdunn on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @02:53PM (#6021971)
As he said, he's selling a fixed bid project that is scheduled for a week.

The client he's looking to work with is looking for results, not how long he spends sitting in front of an IDE.

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Re:5 reasons why hourly rate is better than fixed price by porker on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @05:10PM (#6022850)
Brennan, I respectfully disagree. He said:

"This is exactly why you might want to consider moving to weekly billing. Bill for a weeks work, as long as the deliverables come in does it matter if the week was only a few hours long?"

What you sond to be advocating is fixed-price bidding/value-added pricing; but that's not the same as the OP.

If he'd said: "This is exactly why you might want to consider moving to billing on value. Bill based on what it's worth to them, as long as the deliverables come in does it matter if it only took a few hours?" I'd have had no qualms.

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Re:5 reasons why hourly rate is better than fixed price by lifeisstillgood on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:38AM (#6025050)
I reserve the right to mis-speak. Especially if I clarify in later posts ;-)
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Re:5 reasons why hourly rate is better than fixed price by porker on Thursday July 11, 2013 @06:16AM (#6025258)
Mis-speak accepted :)
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Re:5 reasons why hourly rate is better than fixed price by lifeisstillgood on Thursday July 11, 2013 @08:48AM (#6025688)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkqrI3IibYI

I took my inspiration from this man.

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Re:5 reasons why hourly rate is better than fixed price by bdunn on Thursday July 11, 2013 @09:28PM (#6030313)
Gotcha. I misread. He misspoke. And yes, life is still good :-)
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