Take the 2-minute tour ×  I've been working for a contractor who
brings in some good projects, but they are all fixed-price and
often fixed-time.  As a result he always has me making a quote
over loose requirements, which never fails to bring a lot of
tension due to feature creep.  He claims he'd never get a
contract if he couldn't agree on a price with his clients first,
but as far as I'm concerned I don't wanna go through another
project under these terms.  Is there any argument I could make
to have him pay me by the hour, or should I just suck less at
estimating ?  share|improve this question add comment  9 Answers
up vote 8 down vote accepted  The problem here is not the fixed
price of project - it's the loose requirements. If you can
pressure him to give you a more firmly defined spec, your time
estimation will get better.  share|improve this answer I doubt
his ability to do proper requirements gathering, but sound
advice indeed. –  julien Dec 23 '10 at 22:43 @julien - Try
asking them to be involved in