Quoting & estimating
The request came in at nine. It’s half four, the scope is still open on the second monitor, and the number you send tonight is the one you live with for the next eight months.
Whoever prices your work is carrying the judgement — the line items they reach for, the time they assume, the markup they apply without thinking about it. We encode that. What changes is how long it takes to get from a request to a number you would defend in a room, on your rates.
