34 karma · joined July 28, 2022
1. Never lower your rate, bringing it back up will be way harder then you might think.
2. Breaks etc. are billable. I even bill for walks that may be a long an hour, as long as I think about work. If I stop doing that I stop the clock too. Like others said, code is just the end result. I will usually produce better if I take a breather. Thinking things through will almost always let you find ways to write less code, resulting in a more stable and maintainable solution. Nothing suggests you think better while seated infront of your screen.
3. Always round up to the next hour.
Getting an investor is a long shot for us so I’m not expecting it. The application has the potential for services around it, but such services would be expensive and the hope is to pitch that as a potential for return.