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When is time tracking too accurate? When you're billing
- rtkwe 7y agoSeems like just an ad for this time tracking software..
- welder 7y agoI wrote this post for contractors who already use WakaTime, to raise awareness of the timeout feature.
- wheelerwj 7y ago"when you need to bill your client, don't use our software/" got it, thanks.
- welder 7y agoLol, no it's: When you need to bill you're client, decrease granularity to include non-coding tasks. WakaTime is a very accurate log of the time you were typing, it's just one part of what you should bill for.
- juancn 7y agoWhy would I bill based on the time I'm typing? Most of the time is spent thinking. Typing is just the minority of it.
- welder 7y agoWhen I was freelancing, I would start by executing on the project and typing. I'd stop in-between to think and read docs, but usually I'd begin and end the day by typing. That's why billing by tracking typing worked for me. Even if I had long meetings one day, I could look at that day's chart and see total hours worked since the start/end times are shown.
- shartshooter 7y agoIf a customer asked me to use this time tracking software I'd be outta there in no time. Any customer who's singularly focused on you not shifting them and not the value you can bring is gonna be the worst customer you've ever had.
- welder 7y agoYou always have to track time when contracting, this just automates it for you. A client asking you to use WakaTime's individual private dashboard is just looking out for you and trying to make your work easier so you can focus on bringing them more value instead of spending time tracking your time. If they ask you to share your WakaTime project with them, that's when they're focused on the wrong things.
- shartshooter 7y agoIt's completely reasonable for a customer to ask for my time logs, it happens all the time. They often want to just understand how a given invoice is tied to work that was completed. However, consultants do work that isn't typing. I sit and think about problems, I talk with colleagues, clients, do research. Few of those include time spent typing. Hard pass