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

$100 a line. If you want more then one line let's meet and go over the project. I might give a significant discount. Regards, -Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | Josh.Kehn@gmail.com http://joshuakehn.com On Oct 7, 2010, at 4:51 PM, tedd wrote: > At 6:50 PM +0100 10/7/10, 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 > > As I said, this was a case that I worked on several years ago (20+). I was not the programmer, > but rather a consultant for an attorney. > > The programmer wanted to have his payment based upon the hours he put it, but the client wanted > proof of the programmers effort. Both were understandable positions. > > Considering that the programmers effort did not work, and there were no time clocks showing the > actual hours the programmer worked, the solution centered on an evaluation of the end-product. That > evaluation reduced to the amount of code written, which boiled down to lines of code. > > Granted, as Rob said, some lines are worth more than others, but overall a case was made to pay > a certain amount per line. > > Now, back to the question at hand -- what price would you sell a line of your code for? > > Cheers, > > tedd > > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >