How to Price Freelance Work Without Undercharging
The hourly rate that sounds reasonable is usually far too low, because of what it has to cover.
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The hourly rate that sounds reasonable is usually far too low, because of what it has to cover.
Every publisher wants a game players return to daily. There are not enough daily slots to go round.
Not the logo, not the website. The order most people follow wastes months.
Independent content creation was sold as democratisation. The income distribution looks like every other entertainment industry.
Where the argument is still political, the industry that has to pay for outcomes has already adjusted.
Courts and legislatures across several countries have been redefining who counts as an employee. The results vary sharply.
Every product competing for the same finite hours has produced diminishing returns for all of them.
Flattening organisations removed layers of coordination. What those layers were doing turned out to matter.
The average small company now pays for dozens of tools, most of which overlap. Consolidation is beginning.
Reshoring is real and driven by supply chain risk. The employment it creates is a fraction of what left.