Re: tedd's Friday Post ($ per line)

In the case payment does come down to lines of code written I'm already covered. if( count > 5) { /* Bracing Style } Regards, -Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | Josh.Kehn@gmail.com http://joshuakehn.com On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:50 PM, ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote: > Surely it would have been a bit more sensible to work out the time the programmer had spent on > the project and then calculate it as a percentage of the total time that programmer would spend on > it to complete it (which might not be the whole duration of the project) > > Also, counting code lines seems unfair. I know it used to be this way, but its a bit like > paying firemen based on the number of fires they put out; don't be surprised if arson figures > go up! > > I would guess though that this fellow likely had to pay some of that initial outlay of cash > back though, and would further assume the total price attributed to each line was no more than 3 or > 4 cents (damb English androids don't have the cent character) > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "tedd" <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 18:20 > Subject: [PHP] tedd's Friday Post ($ per line) > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Hi gang: > > Several years ago I was involved in a court case where a programmers > work was being evaluated to establish a dollar amount for the work > done. > > The case was a dispute where the client wanted money back from a > programmer for a discontinued project. The programmer simply wanted > to be paid for the work he had done. This wasn't a case where anyone > had done anything wrong, but rather a circumstance where two parties > were trying to figure out who was due what. > > You see, the original client had been taken over by another company > who put a halt to the project the programmer was working on. The new > company claimed that because the project wasn't finished, then the > programmer should pay back all the money he was paid up-front to > start the project. However, while the project had not been finished, > the programmer had indeed worked on the project for several months. > > The programmer stated he wanted to paid his hourly rate. But the new > client stated that the up-front money paid had been based upon a bid > and not an hourly rate. So, they were at odds as to what to do. > > The solution in this case was to place a dollar amount on the actual > "lines of code" the programmer wrote. In other words, they took all > of programmers code and actually counted the lines of code he wrote > and then agreed to a specific dollar amount to each line. In this > case, the programmer had written over 25,000 lines of code. What do > you think he was paid? > > And with all of that said, what dollar amount would you place on your > "line of code"? > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >