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Re:Time is not money: Thinking about it makes you a better p... by kanwisher on Monday October 07, 2013 @11:51PM (#6512945)
Generally there is a reasonable limit on the number of billable hours you can have in a week and be productive. So once you hit that cap, for me is 45-50. Then you just don't have to put a price on the fun cause you've already maxed out your potential money for the week.
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Re:Time is not money: Thinking about it makes you a better p... by morgante on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @12:10AM (#6512995)
> Generally there is a reasonable limit on the number of billable hours you can have in a week and be productive.

I actually haven't found this even when working about 80 hours a week (~60 externally billable). The key is splitting it between 3 things: 1 primary employer; smaller contracts; building my own startup. The variation in work definitely keeps things interesting and productive.

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