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Yes, this is why it's better to be a contractor/individual right now. You need to capture this efficiency yourself. You have access to the same tools faster tha
by anarticle 1y ago
Yes, this is why it's better to be a contractor/individual right now. You need to capture this efficiency yourself. You have access to the same tools faster than BigCos, so go hard in the paint. If you estimate 3h, and it takes 15m it's up to you how to reconcile this. Personally I bill the 3h.
- SoftTalker 1y agoThat's only going to be possible for a short time, as your competitors will bill 15 minutes and you'll have to explain why you need 3h.
- mettamage 1y ago> You need to capture this efficiency yourself. One could simply work less. Even if you're full in the office, you can just use that extra time to learn something new.
- HWR_14 1y ago> Personally I bill the 3h. So, fraud? If you put a fixed price based on 3 hours, that's of course fine. If you lie about how long work takes you, that's fraud. Unless your bids are what you bill not what it takes, and you would bill the same 3 hours if it took you 4. In which case it's a fixed price under a different name.
- DrewADesign 1y agoYeah contracted flat rate and hourly billing are just different. If you’re billing someone for time and not deliverables, it’s not ethical to bill someone for more time than you spend on it because you were more efficient. The ‘right’ way to do it is be able to deliver more than everyone else so you get a lot more work, undercut your competition, and take a bigger market share. If you’re not willing to do that, use a different metric to bill or charge 10x your hourly.
- hirvi74 1y ago> The ‘right’ way to do it is be able to deliver more than everyone else so you get a lot more work, undercut your competition, and take a bigger market share. You are absolutely correct from a business perspective. However, I just cannot shake the feeling that I am so 'over' this society that we have created. I'm near my breaking point, I swear. Each passing day, I just think living off the grid sounds better and better. Again, I am not trying to dog you or anything. It's just that reading statements like yours reminds my how unfit I am for this society. It's a 'me problem' not a 'you/them problem.' I know life today provides an abundance of boons. However, I sometimes wish I could live in a time where I could be the town blacksmith, cooper, tailor, etc.. My job would be to provide a role for my small community and we would all know and rely on each other. I'm not cut out for this hyper-optimized world.
- gretch 1y agoI'm not sure where you live, but you can probably still do this. Although the internet has globalized a lot of services, there's still local, labor intensive jobs that can never be scaled up like this. To name a few: - Garbage man - bus driver - child care provider - teacher Tailors still exist. I went to one last week to get an inch off my pant legs.
- fragmede 1y agoDon't lie, just bill by the job/task. Initial build database integration accessibility speed
- anarticle 1y agoImplying that I'm lying is a tall tale, I am capturing the efficiency of my own efforts. Sorry you see it that way. Consider your employer sells your time for more than they pay you and you'll see it my way.
- fragmede 1y agoIf you worked for 15 minutes but wrote 3 hours on the invoice, how is that not a lie? I'm not saying you're wrong to charge the full amount for the same job that used to take much longer. I fully support that, go get that bread! I'm just not down with writing 3h on an invoice when it took 15 mins.