Ask HN: How much you want for reviewing 200 lines of the code as an expert?

3 points·ipselon··10 comments

1. $10 - $50

2. $50 - $100

3. $100 - $300

4. $300 - $500

5. > $500

Mostly the question is related to JavaScript, React, Angular (Web devs).

But feel free to mention your language as well.

Thanks for the answer!

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Depends what the code is in (environment and language) and what it is for: nuclear or medical safety at the top end, CSS for a blog at the bottom.

Heh.. doing something like this used to be my full-time job. I'd have to fix bugs of old developers. What I got paid and what I should've gotten paid is probably why I am no longer working there.

Don't think is possible to give a right answer, it depends on the context of the problem, 200 lines for a html generation script is one thing, different if it deals with more complex stuff (let' say algorithm or low level stuffs)

Yeah, you are right. That's why you may mention in the answer in what language you are the expert.

If it's a one-off thing, probably $200 per hour. I don't suspect 200 lines of front end code would take a full hour to review unless you're doing something far out of the ordinary.

If it is free software, I'd do it for free. If it's commercial, I would want $100/hr. So perhaps $200-400 if it is very hairy code.

It highly depends on the complexity of the code. The most reasonable way is work by hour not by lines of code.

A true expert should be easily charging option 5, I find the term expert is thrown around too easily.

I'd spend an hour and ask $100

I could do $50.

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