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May 31, 2020

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Why I Prefer Hourly Over Fixed-Price

I have been a freelancer at UpWork since 2014. If you decided to start freelancing as well, you will always see some jobs tagged as fixed price jobs and others as an hourly rated. In this story, I will briefly explain the difference, and why I prefer an hourly job. All my examples will be at UpWork, but the topic may apply to other freelancing websites.

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Software Engineer Freelancer | Mother of Two | Muslim. I am here as a reader first. Interested in software, parenting, and homeschooling.

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