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    why I try to issue invoices frequently.
Agree 100%.

Although I've found that for this to be effective, you also need to be able to cease work which means you need a sufficiently large financial cushion.

A long time ago, when I contracted, I was essentially living month to month. I invoiced frequently but clients would often pay up in a painfully slow manner. But I had no real leverage because I was unable to cease work.

Kudos to contractors who achieve what I wasn't quite able to.



> which means you need a sufficiently large financial cushion.

Absolutely. But this happens wih pay-per-project also, which is why on-demand contract work is much more expensive than salaried.

> no real leverage

You can always look for a new job/client, even while working for the present one. A counteroffer is quite convincing.




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