majendu
Oct 16, 2026
Long one, about money.
My first paid project, I quoted 8,000 bob for something that took me three weeks. I was so happy to be paid at all that I did not do the maths until afterwards.
I was earning less per hour than the guy who washed the car outside the building, and he finished in twenty minutes.
I am not saying charge like a Nairobi agency on day one. I am saying do the maths before you say a number, not after. Hours times what your time is worth, plus the revisions you know are coming. Then say it out loud without apologising.
My first paid project, I quoted 8,000 bob for something that took me three weeks. I was so happy to be paid at all that I did not do the maths until afterwards.
I was earning less per hour than the guy who washed the car outside the building, and he finished in twenty minutes.
I am not saying charge like a Nairobi agency on day one. I am saying do the maths before you say a number, not after. Hours times what your time is worth, plus the revisions you know are coming. Then say it out loud without apologising.