Claudio Alvarez claudrocker

How to calculate your hourly rate as a freelancer?

Many people struggle with this question. Some just try to make as much as a full-time employee makes (and ignore that they won't be able to bill as many days). Others follow tips on startup related websites that suggest to ask for 20% to 50% more than an salary would yield (and ignore the additional risk and expenses they have).

Below you will find some numbers to help you calculate how high your hourly or daily rate should be.

Your yearly income should be higher than an average salary

You take more risk than full time employees, phases without income are likely

1. Clone your fork:

git clone [email protected]:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream

	import Ember from 'ember';

	export default Ember.Component.extend({
	/**
	Overall thoughts: Ember.Component needs a section in the module doc block outlining the order of events (just like the 1.13 blog post).
	Individual events can then refer back to that lifecycle chart to avoid the "runs xth during re-renders but only on thursdays" sentences.
	The module doc block should also get the section on what triggers a re-render (from the 1.13 blog post).
	*/

	myProp: null,