Re: FN-FORUM: Balancing amounts of work?

date posted 25th January 2006 08:01

That is exactly what I have done already :)



Pam


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> Higher hourly rate?
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> Trying to get them to pay for how long it really takes is the problem. I
> wish I knew the way round that one - Pam
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>> Fortunately I picked this one up before I went freelance - if you're a
>> programmer you pretty much have to break a job into it's smallest
>> components (nothing more than 2 days, ideally) work out how long each one
>> will take, double it and then add 25 percent onto the total time you have
>> come up with. That usually gets you into the right ballpark.
>>
>> Then the client goes "that sounds like a long time, surely you can do it
>> faster" and for some reason you believe them and then it turns out to
>> have
>> taken as long as you said it would and you have undercharged....
>>
>> -ben
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>> Creative Digital Alliance wrote:
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>>>Absolutely, completely and utterley 100% true, unfortunately it took
>>>me quite a while to work this out!
>>>
>>>
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>>>>If you're a newbie to freelancing, a good rule of thumb is to work out
>>>>how long you expect to need for a project, and double it. That was
>>>>one of the first tips I picked up, and it's working so far! :)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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