[philjones88]

Signed up too. I kind of started freelance work but like Alan's post, the c# freelance world was either "contract" or "permi".

Found some good guys to do work with now on a kind of "per project" approach which is good.

Interested to read the book as I found my weaknesses to be:

1. Charging for my work. I still find I undercharge as I enjoy the work and feel awkward asking for large amounts per billable hour. I'm now kind of trapped on low billable hours with my initial clients...

2. Finances. I've learnt enough and in the UK you can survive for the first 6 months without an accountant. I'm probably going to get one soon to handle the more complex tax/pay stuff.

3. Work out a proper hourly rate. Don't use the same broken formula I did thinking I can work 7 billable hours per day. I end up with about 4.5. I didn't account for the gaps between work. I now understand why freelancers have high rates.

[stevejalim]

Thanks Phil. That's exactly the kind of stuff I'm including in the book, although - as this thread proves - there is no cut-and-dried answer to rates/billing, so my approach is to set out a sensible baseline for stuff, to help people get up and running. As time goes on and feedback comes in, version 1.x of the book will probably take that further and provide more detail where people are asking for it. Because I'm publishing via leanpub.com, updates will be pushed to owners of 1.0 for free.