McDonalds, shit. I used to write software. There's definitely more to it than the hourly rate. Just the same, it's a good thing my wife's job offers good health

McDonalds, shit. I used to write software. There's definitely more to it than the hourly rate. Just the same, it's a good thing my wife's job offers good health insurance :-) Back to pricing though: I shoot for an hourly rate when I quote things knowing full well that sometimes I won't hit it if I run into unanticipated learning opportunities. Sometimes I price myself out of work/the customer doesn't have a realistic expectation for what a thing should cost. It is what it is. Hilariously, I have a friend in the trade who's married to a pricing analyst. He has as much trouble pricing his work as anybody else I know.