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Part 4: learn to bill by the day and never again have to worry about justifying how long a simple-sounding code change took to make.

• SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  So would you bundle up a series of these into a day? Or just assume the client is cool with this taking a day? I believe you're also assuming you're servicing a client whose got a lot of budget to blow on a lot of small changes.
  • titanomachy 7y ago
    Servicing a client with a very tight budget is a colossal pain. It might be inevitable early in your career but try to get past it as soon as you can. If your client has more time than money they will waste a lot of your time quibbling over price. The best clients have more money than time and will pay you well to make their problems disappear. They pay you to think about the software for them, so they can spend their valuable time thinking about the business instead.
    • sound1 7y ago
      Great comment!
    • SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
      Yeah, I need to develop comfort enough to become a contractor - at the moment as an employee it means you go wherever they tell you.