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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jokes on them I charge by the hour

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was about to say. Rejoice! If this is a client these are billable hours

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yea, but it stops being fun when they say it's a bug and it's always supposed to work like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then it's a valuable lesson in writing your client contracts and your work change order templates.

If you bid per project you need to have clear milestones and sign-offs. If you bill per hour then it's not issue.