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Approximately 200 USD plus VAT. Sometimes more, sometimes less. If the customer doesn't haggle, the quote was too low. I'm based in Oslo, Norway.

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How many hours per week does your average contract take up? I charge just under half that, but my contracts are usually full-time hours for months and sometimes years at a time.

My sample size is too small for an average to make sense. Smallest contract was 1.5 hours. Biggest contract is 350 hours so far, with 500+ to go.

What's your skill set and which types of companies do you usually work for?

Full-stack web developer. I'm a mediocre programmer, but know the web platform well. I've just been at this game for a few months, but have spent the past seven years working for å browser vendor. That helps.

My most significant customers so far have been impatient non-profits that want results yesterday. I don't know if that will remain my primary demographic. (c:

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