Re: PerlMonks is not a place to go for free code

BTW, re-reading that again, it seems quite harsh. As a community, we ARE here to help out anyone who might come along with needs, it's just the extent to which some people expect us to work for no pay is depressing. If you want a complete program, offer me some money and I'll consider the offer. Give me a huge list of things you want done for free, with no effort of your own towards the project (ie: no outline or plan, no example code, etc) and I'm much more likely to refuse on the spot.

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Re: Re: PerlMonks is not a place to go for free code by Anonymous Monk on Jan 22, 2003 at 10:32 UTC
Give me a huge list of things you want done for free, with no effort of your own ... and I'm much more likely to refuse on the spot. Where's the problem? If you don't want to write code for others who ask for it in this manner, don't. If others do, they can. If not, they won't. The line defining what is asking too much is never clearly defined. Let each user decide how much they want to help. If you want money to help, fine, but what's the purpose of this thread? To discuss yet another topic to death that is entirely subjective and can be easily decided on an individual basis? Maybe if you had a suggestion like a notice on the preview page stating effective ways to ask questions there would be some point to this thread. As I see it now, there isn't one. Correct me if you feel different.	[reply]

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Re: Re: PerlMonks is not a place to go for free code
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 22, 2003 at 10:32 UTC

Give me a huge list of things you want done for free, with no effort of your own ... and I'm much more likely to refuse on the spot.

Where's the problem? If you don't want to write code for others who ask for it in this manner, don't. If others do, they can. If not, they won't.

The line defining what is asking too much is never clearly defined. Let each user decide how much they want to help. If you want money to help, fine, but what's the purpose of this thread? To discuss yet another topic to death that is entirely subjective and can be easily decided on an individual basis?

Maybe if you had a suggestion like a notice on the preview page stating effective ways to ask questions there would be some point to this thread. As I see it now, there isn't one. Correct me if you feel different.

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