How to measure time correctly?

Question

Freelance

I am working on one project with hourly pay on Upwork. Customer from Russia.
There are tasks like "there is a problem with the installed widget, the metric does not work" Should the timer be turned off? Sometimes I can’t understand, either I’m incompetent in something, but I should, or the task is too highly specialized. And is it okay to take money for googling? In theory, this is also work.
Is it normal practice, for example, to peep the documentation for the framework, or is it better to turn it off at these moments?

Answer 1

If you are engaged in solving the task set within the framework of the Customer's project, then any actions must be paid.
Even if you are gathering a consultation via Skype.

Answer 2

Usually, if you need to peep, something small in 10-30 seconds, I just do part of the work that I am sure of, and after the information window appears, that a screenshot has just been taken for the customer, I calmly open the reference resource and find out what I need. There is a high probability that at the time of viewing a new screen will not be made. This applies to a situation where I know the principle, but forgot the nuances.
If I really don’t understand what I’m going to do, I turn off the tracker, spend 15-20 minutes figuring it out, and then turn it on. This seems fair to me.

Answer 3

All working hours need to be beaten

Answer 4

It's stupid to count minutes. The person gives the project a whole day. If you work with two projects - it's like sitting on two chairs with one ass - I do not advise. Both projects will do poorly. Even if you honestly write minutes, you will be kicked out for low productivity and your honesty will not save you.
Moreover, even if you are not sitting at the computer, you are thinking about the tasks. Often, and when falling asleep, they are busy with this. Counting is not realistic.
Just count 8 working hours a day (I can explain why). An exception is if you were busy with something else that day, such as going to the dentist, solving family problems, etc. And even if you spent the prescribed hours, it’s not a fact that you were productive. Thoughts could be completely different and the exhaust from the work is zero. On such days, make allowances for the time, sensibly assess how involved you were.
There are many more nuances. For example, not every day you will be equally productive. Sometimes you sit for 16 hours, sometimes 4. So what? The main thing is that you are involved in the project - average 8 hours.

Answer 5

<?php

$post = array (
'one' => '1',
'two' => '2',
'three' => '3'
);

$rules = array (
'one' => array('1', '2', '3'),
'two' => array('7', '9'),
'three' => array('7','3','9')
);


function getArr($post, $rules) {
  $res = array();
  foreach($post as $key => $p) {
    if(isset($rules[$key]) && is_array($rules[$key]) && in_array($p, $rules[$key])) {
      $res[] = $key;
    }
  }
  return $res;
}


$res = getArr($post, $rules);

print_r($res);

Answer 6

How exactly did you suffer?