They’ll still lose money. $45/hr, billed by the minute for a bunch of short gigs spread out across the day with the need to do fresh business development betwe

They’ll still lose money. $45/hr, billed by the minute for a bunch of short gigs spread out across the day with the need to do fresh business development between each one will never leave you anywhere near half utilized. Put the bill rate at $200/hr in this situation and you might replace that steady $40k/year salary. But it’ll be a lot more stressful.