In the case payment does come down to lines of code written I'm already covered.
if( count > 5)
{
/* Bracing Style
}
Regards,
-Josh
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Joshua Kehn | josh.k...@gmail.com
http://joshuakehn.com
On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:50 PM, a...@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.sperl...@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
>
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