Re: billable hours

[Kat Nagel <lists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com>]

On 2010-04-05 3:19 PM, Milan DavidoviÄ wrote:
> Regarding the rule of thumb about freelancers being able to bill for
> half the hours worked, given here:
>
> http://www.ofuz.com/blog/2010/04/the-freelance-tipping-point/
>
> Does that ring true for those of you who work as freelancers? I don't,
> and I've been to only a few talks on freelance tech writing, but I've
> never heard of this before.
>    

Some weeks, most of my working hours are billable. Some weeks, almost 
none are. There are so many variables that I'm reluctant to generalize, 
but I'd say I average between half and two-thirds most of the time.

-- 
Kat Nagel
Owner, MasterWork Consulting


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