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Should I bill my clients for bathroom breaks or other various interruptions?

I use Toggl for time tracking, and I'm pretty diligent about starting a new task for pretty much every thing I'm working on. Recently, while working at home, I had to use the restroom, and afterwards grabbed a small snack. After returning to my…
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How to make the jump from normal employee to higher level freelancing

I am a professional software developer with 6+ years of full-time experience, full degree, co-op program, currently employed at a programming desk job. I would call my self at the intermediate level. I read about the many programmers at the higher…
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How can experienced contractor survive outside Elance/oDesk/Freelancer?

This is what a friend asked me and I directed him to the similar question How to find clients beyond sites like oDesk/Guru/Freelancer? here. Then we started discussing the issue and I realize that this question is nothing like: Find the first…
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How can I mitigate not being part of a big team?

Freelancing has its advantages - don't get me wrong; however, many people want to be reassured that they are dealing with a big company. Since I can't possibly provide this, how can I mitigate these problems? I know my finances are sound, but how…
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Client wants to pay a percentage of revenue generated by website

I recently came in contact with one of my Dad's friends who is looking for a website. This guy gave my Dad a job when we first moved to California and has been a really good "family friend" ever since. He has gone off on his own new venture where he…
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How should I respond to requests to work "for exposure"?

There's this huge misconception in the more creative industries, like art and writing, that creators that do not yet have an established reputation (and even some who do have one) don't deserve to get paid for their work and should instead be…
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Too many projects and no one to outsource them to - how is this possible?

For the last 3-4 years I have been both a freelancer and the client. I'm the client mainly when I outsource projects I cannot handle myself, or when I seek a specific expert as a part of a project (designer, multimedia experts, etc). From the…
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Non-US citizen freelancing in the US remotely

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I've spoken to no fewer than 3 accounting firms - one huge international one here in Sweden and they say they're not allowed to advise on international tax laws, and two in the US who never…
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When is it a good idea to start considering an LLC or incorporation?

I've done freelance work as an independent contractor for years, which works well-enough for sporadic freelance work. But as I get more gigs and an established portfolio, are there benefits to forming an LLC to serve as the agent being hired, rather…
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Unprofessional to leave before project ended for better paid project?

I just recently started freelancing (software development) for a new client; they're a start-up and my old boss is the CTO. They gave me a 3 month freelancing contract which doesn't specify how many hours but rather that we loosely agree to work…
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What do web developers charge for site maintenance (not changes/updates)?

I'm a freelance web developer in the evenings and my framework of choice is Wordpress.org. Wordpress and its community plugins are updated frequently. Wordpress is also a highly targeted framework for hackers since it powers so many sites. I'm sure…
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What's the smallest unit of time I should charge for when clients request minor changes?

If a client needs a small change made to their website (e.g. a phone number needs changing, a user profile needs to be updated in a way the site doesn't allow, etc.) I usually will not charge my clients. I see it as a small courtesy to them. But if…
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Do you fix hourly estimation or accept your mistake and do for free?

The scenario is the usual one: You are asked to make a price estimation. You analyse all features at your best knowledge, experience and logic. You event count the buffer of 20%. You then start the project and you realize that you estimated too few…
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How do I put freelancing in my CV?

After I finished my CS school, I had an accident which took me far away from the industry for approximately 4 years. After that I worked on my dad's business, and I didn't do much in the way of programming. I've done 3-4 websites in PHP (mostly…
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How can I be successful as a digital nomad?

I have been reading articles on digital nomad-ing. Here are some of them: Being a digital nomad in Bali This guy built his business by the beach Joel Gascoigne of Buffer (11 cities in 3 months) I am a remote worker myself. My 'office' is my…
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