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Discussion on: The Magic Freelance Rate Formula

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Mike Healy

Then there's part two — finding 1100+ productive, billable hours per year :)

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Ben Clifford

I would probably aim for 2,000+ hours

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Mike Healy

Ideally, but if you're speaking about only directly billable hours that is a lot.
Upskilling, doing proposals, meeting prospective clients, doing admin work like preparing for taxes, managing technology is all separate to the billable work.

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Ben Clifford

That's some good insight. I've never been a contractor.