> as you can just bill them more I've done a bit of municipal work, and had the opposite experience - there's almost always a fixed budget, and while people ma

> as you can just bill them more I've done a bit of municipal work, and had the opposite experience - there's almost always a fixed budget, and while people may ask for loads of changes, no one ever had authority to authorize a single dollar more for the project. It probably depends on the project and more likely the people involved, but "you can bill them more" isn't a given in all situations.