Well, typically people like to see billing for hours used... so...
If you work today: 8 hours billed.
If you work part of the day: part hours billed
If you work overtime: 8 hours + OT hours.
I agree with conductr that this is creative work. If you talk to someone to gather requirements, do meetings, help teammates out, etc, it is all part of the process. If you need to look up stuff that is part of the process.
Just like any engineer, you can't be "on" 24/7 so it is expected that some slack time is cooked into your hours. If your productivity doesn't make sense compared to the hours put in, that's the problem. If you're producing more than enough for your hours, where's the problem?
Anyone nickle-and-diming you on checking that every 15 minutes is accurate is going to be a bad person to work for anyways, or just needs to negotiate less hours.
If you work today: 8 hours billed.
If you work part of the day: part hours billed
If you work overtime: 8 hours + OT hours.
I agree with conductr that this is creative work. If you talk to someone to gather requirements, do meetings, help teammates out, etc, it is all part of the process. If you need to look up stuff that is part of the process.
Just like any engineer, you can't be "on" 24/7 so it is expected that some slack time is cooked into your hours. If your productivity doesn't make sense compared to the hours put in, that's the problem. If you're producing more than enough for your hours, where's the problem?
Anyone nickle-and-diming you on checking that every 15 minutes is accurate is going to be a bad person to work for anyways, or just needs to negotiate less hours.