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For freelancers comparing the practical choices behind projects and client relationships. Share enough context to separate a pricing problem from a communication problem.
The projects that look impressive in a portfolio aren't always the ones that pay well. A routine maintenance contract can fund the month, while an exciting branding assignment consumes three times the estimated hours. I...
I have been offered a small project that is not a great fit and barely worth the admin time. The only reason I am hesitating is that the client is connected to a network I would like more work from. I have accepted jobs...
A client has a messy maintenance job: update old pages, fix whatever breaks, and investigate a few issues that may or may not be related. I can't reasonably estimate the total hours before opening everything up. A fixed...
Discovery is the part of a freelance project that keeps exposing new work. A client asks for a straightforward site cleanup, and only after looking under the hood do I find a plugin conflict or pages no one mentioned. I...
A client wants a fixed project price, which is fine, but the work is the sort where they genuinely do not know how many revision rounds they will need. Neither of us is trying to play games; the scope is just fuzzy becau...
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