Don't Charge Per Hour
Hello, my fellow freelancers and visitors from the far corners of the Internet!
For a while, I've been trying to articulate why it is I'm not a fan of hourly work when it comes to freelancing.
I prefer to maximize my productivity by being paid per-project. Here's why.
1. Slow, steady and bored.
Lindsay Van Thoen writes for Freelancers Union and makes a great point when it comes to hourly freelance work. Van Thoen says if you charge per hour, "you're incentivized to work at a ho-hum pace." I couldn't agree more; I don't have the patience to work on something for four hours that I can complete in half the time.I tend to be hired for projects I can finish quickly and have a reputation for delivering work ahead of deadline (that's not always the case, but more often than not, I beat the buzzer). The faster I can complete a project, the more time I can devote to hunting for more work and to other projects in the queue.
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