Hourly billing makes you slower. Project pricing makes you sharper. Retainer makes you complacent.
13 Agree (43%)
17 Disagree (57%)
30 total votes
Hourly billing makes you slower. Project pricing makes you sharper. Retainer makes you complacent.
Retainers make you complacent is the real surprise of this take. I have lived it.
Project pricing only works if you can scope correctly. Most freelancers can't scope and end up doing 80 hours of work for a 30-hour quote.