Re: Why should a beginner write all the code when this would take an expert 5 minutes?

Hmm, that seems to be mentality question and out of the scope of this
group.

But let's look at your argument a bit closer:

You said the expert is able to do the work in 5 minutes which would
take you so long that you'd see it as waste of time.
I think this argument diminishes the expert's time and work and
simultaneously enhances your own work and time in completely wrong
proportions. (We are not looking at the time that was necessary for
the expert to become an expert.)

Let's test how you've meant it:

Assumed that it's right what you said, then it would certainly be fair
to pay for the expert's 5 minutes task exactly the same price as you
would charge for your long work.

Wouldn't you agree and would you be ready to pay that price that you
conceded?

On Jun 17, 6:29 pm, Intmaso <intm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Is this newsgroup all about "You can solve your problem by reading
> example X and Y" or do you actually code to publish it as opensource
> for all?
>
> You know most people are beginners, others are experts. Why should a
> beginner write all the code when this would take an expert 5 minutes?
>
> Think about it, it makes no sense to an uneducated hausfrau if an
> experienced phd comes along to tell her: "build a nuclear fusion
> reactor".
>
> Why would you want to write that? Because the time it took you to
> write how to do it is more than it would take you to write the code.
> And the first one is actually useless waste of everyone's time.

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