Reward for Coders

[Injektilo]

Should there be a reward for Advanced coders or Master Coders for contributing their hacks and their hard work? I am not talking about money (that would be the best reward i think), but for example Advanced Coders and Master Coders could get free license for vb for 1 year (for example)

I believe it will increase the number of hacks and the quality of hacks

what do you think?

[Lea Verou]

I agree totally. There should be a reward. Not because of our demand but because Jelsoft should show some appreciation to them. They have contributed in making vbulletin so famous!

[peterska2]

My $0.02

Most coders own owned licences so your suggestion of something like a free licence for a year is totaly impractical as few coders will actually make any use of this.

Also, the number of Advanced and Master coders seems to have rocketed recently (or maybe that's my imagination) so it would cost quite a lot to set that up.

However, back in the days when things like HOTM was first starting out the following applied:

Originally Posted by Sinecure

The winner receives the pride and joy of knowing your peers like you. You also a get a ?Winner? button beside your name, which signifies you have been hacker of the month. You will continue to have this forever. You will also be able to post a banner or button on your website so everyone knows you were ?Hacker of the Month?.

(link to full post)

I'd be quite happy with something like this applying again. You get recognition more visably here and you can put a little something on your site too.

The other thing is that sometimes you can get a fantastic hack from a coder (not advanced or master) and there are other coders who do pretty specific stuff that only gets a handful of installs but they churn out lots of releases. These types of coders are unlikely to make it to the advanced coder level for a rather long time but also deserve recognition in some form or other.



So I guess my answer is:

Maybe, maybe not. But if something is proposed then somehow linking it with HOTM would be worth looking into.


[high]* peterska2 doesn't vote as I'm sorta on the fence.[/high]

there is NO WAY i would accept to have any kind of reward because i'm an Advanced Dump of Codes...

loosing my time answering threads and providing a list of about 10 small hacks made me an Advanced coder... that's not a reason why i would receive any reward...

the coders that REALLY provide real efficient support and help and codes are rewarded when they want, by giving their paypal account and receive your donations... some others receive some contracts from clients requesting paid jobs... and some others are hired by Jelsoft as developpers and techies...

i also provide a lot of support and discussion on some parenting websites, would it be good if i'm rewarded with a given baby ?! (ok, this one is absurd...)

[cinq]

i voted yes.

so here's your reward, all you coders here.

[Lea Verou]

nexialys, most people become advanced coders after much more than just 10 hacks. Personally I have more than that but I'm not an advanced coders.
Advanced coders and higher devote the time equal to a part(or full!) time job here. They should receive some kind of reward I think...

[Paul M]

I think we should be able to moderate our own hack threads. Then I could clear a load of crap from some of them ......

... and have a private forum for Advanced / Master coders where we could discuss things away from the busstle of the main site.

...... oh, and cash would be nice of course

Originally Posted by Michelle

nexialys, most people become advanced coders after much more than just 10 hacks. Personally I have more than that but I'm not an advanced coders.
Advanced coders and higher devote the time equal to a part(or full!) time job here. They should receive some kind of reward I think...

yeah, i don't know btw why i'm an advanced geek... maybe because i'm flooding the forum with alerts and bad comments...

when i give support, it's because i took responsability to provide some when i release a line of code... i did not released these codes waiting for a reward... the only way i ask for a reward is when i charge my clients with the fees i apply on my paid jobs... releasing for free is related to the "free" fact...

that's all... and i know i'm not like everybody, because i'm a guy from Qu?bec, a strange country in north of the biggest commercial racket of all...

[Lea Verou]

The reward nexialys shouldn't necessarily be materialistic

Paul M that would be nice!

Originally Posted by Michelle

The reward nexialys shouldn't necessarily be materialistic

yeah, not materialistic... my paypal account is virtual, for god sakes... lol

Originally Posted by Michelle

Paul M that would be nice!

i like the Cinq's reward... need some of these when you come visit me in my humble place, cinq!