When I started freelancing, I did extremely cheap jobs because I didn't have experience and didn't know better. I did what you are currently doing, I went online to find answers. And the answer is, there are no fixed rate. The rate you are seeing, is perfectly reasonable for someone who charges this rate.
At some point, my fee was $40 an hour. I freelanced through a 3rd party who found gigs for me, and took their cuts. One day, I found out that they charged these companies $100 in some cases, while I was still only getting $40.
If that's how much I was worth, then it would be perfectly reasonable for me to charge just as much.
Such a good post of a great lesson learned. I see a lot on how zoning in how much to charge, a lot on how to get customers but do you have similar posts about the other stuff on the biz end of things that fill the gaps? Creating proper contracts are daunting
Glad you enjoy it. The business end of things was a messy beginning for me. My contracts started as googling a template the night before and sending it with as many typos as mistakes you can imagine. It improved over the years.
I haven't written about it yet, but I'll add it to my list for this year.
Excellent post. Thanks for sharing. As a rookie software engineer, this is very interesting for me to read as I myself want to eventually transition to freelance work.
At some point, my fee was $40 an hour. I freelanced through a 3rd party who found gigs for me, and took their cuts. One day, I found out that they charged these companies $100 in some cases, while I was still only getting $40.
If that's how much I was worth, then it would be perfectly reasonable for me to charge just as much.
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