I forgot to mention - fixed bids help build your skill-set way more than hourly because you are incentivized and you will be challenged more to figure out the s

I forgot to mention - fixed bids help build your skill-set way more than hourly because you are incentivized and you will be challenged more to figure out the simplest thing that works. You won't find yourself straying off on a overly-complicated solution to deliver something the client or users don't care about. You'll be forced to stay up on the latest and greatest, not because you nerd out about it, but because it makes your life easier and you can then deliver things of huge value at market rate while maintaining nice margins. :) When you have more experience and your estimates are strong, you can do hourly and give clients all-in prices with +- 15% difference and everyone will be happy no matter what happens.