Field guides for independent professionals who need clearer rates, estimates and project boundaries. Each article includes a practical model you can use immediately.
Freelance pricing fundamentals
A practical rate is not your desired salary divided by 2,080. It must also pay for non-billable work, business costs, time off and uncertainty.
Project estimation
A defensible project price comes from visible assumptions: scope, effort, revisions, communication, risk and delivery—not a number copied from the last proposal.
Pricing model decision
Neither model is universally better. Hourly billing prices time and uncertainty; fixed pricing transfers more delivery risk to the person making the estimate.