Charging by the hour, as the basal form of hourly wage employment or in contracting, is just the worst case scenario when you have no other metrics to effective

Charging by the hour, as the basal form of hourly wage employment or in contracting, is just the worst case scenario when you have no other metrics to effectively predict and judge performance on. But that means you have to take the fall if you aren't good at whatever alternative payment criteria you agree to. It just ends up being the default because it is somewhat safe, but if I were ever doing contract gigs I'd definitely rather charge by feature than by hour.