How did your rates evolve over the last four years? (from when you were a beginner with no experience, until now)?
Was it tough justifying high rates with little experience?
Was it tough justifying high rates with little experience?
The high-risk, high-reward stuff is fixed-price gigs where I charge a set price for the whole project. I've taken a bath on some of these, though never lower than $50 / hr. On the flip side, the good ones have worked out to high hundreds per hour. Stressful, though.
Let's say they get a budget of $80/hour for the project. Their goal is to sell it to you for as little as possible so they can take the difference. So they're always lying to you about the customer's budget, because in truth it's about them maximizing their profit.
I once had a recruiter offer me $25/hour. I laughed at them and told them to not call me back unless they could do $60, which at the time was my rate. They called back about 15 minutes later and said the client had increased the budget and they could do $60.