That's interesting about "testing time". While at the office I'd do some testing. But often allowed users to help me do the more intensive testing.
Now that I'm physically removed, and on my own, should I spend more time with that aspect? Truthfully I'd rather not, and I'm pretty sure the way our relationship is they will be happy to help with that chore. Now that we're on this subject, what about documentation. That's something I would do occasionally, depending on how complicated the project was, but many times I would just walk over to the end users and say "click here", click there", blah, blah, blah... Jim Harvey Spring Grove, PA cell 717-887-2565 -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Covill Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 5:23 PM To: ProFox Subject: RE: newbie consultant billing question > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: newbie consultant biling question > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 15:45:12 -0400 > > Now that I'm retired, and doing work for them as a consultant > (independent contractor), billing by the hour, I was wondering how > does one charge for the time they are "thinking" about a project. > I think Ted R. has described the issue better than I can. I don't charge for 'thinking' time. I do charge for 'Design' time, which is when I'm writing down draft data structures, menu structures, and control flows. And I show Design and Programming time separately on the bill. (I also show testing time, just to point out that it's something that has to be done.) Dan Covill --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/000001cf5dc6$4da59a00$e8f0ce00$@[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
