There are two seemingly contradicting philosophies about how to charge clients for programming work. The hourly camp suggests that the client is paying for your skill and hiring you for your time. The value-based pricing camp suggests that the programmer

Time-based pricing

• Resolution could be hourly or daily
• Allows flexibility: bill your client for the hours you work
• Requires you to keep track of your time
• Was that 10 hours of actual development, or 10 hours of replying to emails?
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