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How do you go about doing estimation? When you are asked for a bid and have loose requirements what are some good practices for estimating?
Best way I've found is to start out on hourly gigs, until you have a sense of how long certain tasks take you. With experience, you get better at estimating your time. EDIT: Oh and when you start out, if you're estimating time, double it.
Where do you go to find projects?
I'd be curious to know if there are any design freelancers that do infographics, and what they charge... We've had trouble finding great infographic designers that don't take a lot of time to manage, and I'm wondering if we should be paying more. If interested in that or doing UI/UX stuff, check us out http://feefighters.com and drop me a note EDIT - looks like people are interested! job posting for fulltime UI/UX he…
For those curious about the workflow, I use:
* Google Docs to create a spreadsheet with all project research/notes that is shared with client
* MockFlow to handle wireframe mockups, as it also allows me to easily share them with the client AND is cheap (I think $70 per year?)
* Photoshop and Illustrator to create the main mockups for each of the major pages/sections of the site
I also tend to shy away from logo design, as for me it is not worth the time and effort for the pay - instead I suggest to my clients that they use a service like 99Designs or Brandstack.
My last 3 side-projects (while working fulltime at BigCo): $750, $750, $2700 Over time, I have become less and less interested in these kinds of side-projects as I have become more focused on owning the upside of my own products. But, its occasionally nice to get paid for my late-night coding adventures.
How do you go about doing estimation? When you are asked for a bid and have loose requirements what are some good practices for estimating?
One of my customers, which I greatly admire, is very old guard and don't buy nothing of agile, extreme, scrum, etc. He only accept strict a to b estimates. Working with him, while hard, has made me much better at making estimates.
I have looked at sites like odesk or elance and those just suck for US freelancers as they do not pay shit. No one can outbid some russian company charging $3 per hour. Where do you go to find projects?
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How do you go about doing estimation? When you are asked for a bid and have loose requirements what are some good practices for estimating?
I am so incredibly horrible at estimation that I bid more with emotion. If I find the project very interesting and I can fall in love with building it, the client is going to get a good deal. Boring or otherwise tedious projects engender some stone-cold, take-it-or-leave-it negotiation. I mean, this is my free time. Edit: Nevermind that extra bit, however true. :)
That's how I go about it and have found it to be the best/only way to ensure I don't overwork myself.
I'd be curious to know if there are any design freelancers that do infographics, and what they charge... We've had trouble finding great infographic designers that don't take a lot of time to manage, and I'm wondering if we should be paying more. If interested in that or doing UI/UX stuff, check us out http://feefighters.com and drop me a note EDIT - looks like people are interested! job posting for fulltime UI/UX he…