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by LordHumungous 4645 days ago
An hourly rate has the effect of focusing the client's mind a bit.
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I find that fixed bids they try to take me for a ride, time and materials they are afraid to spend time with me to figure out what they actually want.

I have yet to find a customer unwilling to try to doom their own project or a compensation strategy that reliably prevents it - its just tons of work and communication. Unfortunately I'm just an okay coder and most people seem like they actually want a code talk therapist.