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Adam Kangas is an freelance software developer and technology consultant based in Melbourne, Australia. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College and spent years working on emerging technologies at Idealab a leading incubator of technology startups in the Los Angeles area
It’s something you hear a lot from frustrated freelancers, and I’ve said it my fair share too: “Clients are so stupid!”
Our goal at Paydirt is to manage and display your work simply, so you can just get on with doing it. To that effect, here are some recent improvements to Paydirt’s Projects and Jobs interface.
You’ve probably had a bad client. Every freelancer has. Maybe they paid you late (or never), or were rude and unappreciative, or called you late on Friday night to demand that something be done by Monday morning. It’s likely they did all of these things.
Quoting is a really difficult thing to get right. It’s part art, part science. Whole volumes have been written about crafting great quotes.
When I started quoting fixed prices for projects I was basically guessing. Trying to estimate how long each component would take was a huge challenge. Humans are generally terrible at estimating duration. How long does an hour at the dentist feel like compared to an hour at the beach? My overall estimate would be lucky to be even in the ballpark of accurate.
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