lovejoy

past days:
40 hours of thinking
40,000 lines of text and code
into a small diagram
(is it worth it? how do i prove to my employer that it is worth it? do i need to prove anything at all?)
gn

i like pretending i am smart. /lovejoy by day; yoink anytime. we /honk: goosegang.netlify.app ; we dream: /before-i-forget

same but different problem for us indies

just terminated a client after over a decade bc the new guy wanted hourly billing

how to bill for thinking time has always seemed an unattractive problem to solve as an indie

🔭🔎 scouting near and far :: thought follower

hourly billing often penalizes expertise. The faster and sharper you get, the less you earn.
80% of what i do at work has no feasible artifacts — i'm not a dev, and i'm on hourly billing, and it's always very tricky