A buck for each bug?
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I'm doing my final years project (Afstudeerproject for the dutch) and I get payed too. I even drive a leasecar :) I can't remember when I didn't get payed for the work I did during an internship. There was one employer that didn't pay, but he was a jerk and was abusing interns by letting them do stuff that wasn't even remotely related to the study were doing. Personally I think it's a good idea to surprise the interns with a day out of the office doing something fun like a night bowling and a dinner, or something sporty like a day indoor snowboarding or something like that. I'm pretty sure they will love it. I think this is a good idea, because money can be one motivation to report bugs, but you can also motivate them by thanking them personally for reporting the bug and show them you actually do something with it by providing a new version to them where the bug is fixed. I agree that this sounds like something they wouldn't be happy with, but from my experience it's a honor to be part of a project and that your name shows up in the credits.
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WillemM wrote:
I even drive a leasecar
Gelukzak ;P
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WillemM wrote:
I even drive a leasecar
Gelukzak ;P
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hehehe :D
WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson
Just for your reference, I'm currently driving a company car as well... :-D
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Just for your reference, I'm currently driving a company car as well... :-D
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Now I'm curious, where do you work and is it also an internship or do you work there for a longer period of time (i.e. Your normal work)
WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson
I'm currently working at Anderlecht for over a year now. I'm working 3,5 years already, not including my internship ;-).
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I'm currently working at Anderlecht for over a year now. I'm working 3,5 years already, not including my internship ;-).
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Stop smoking so you can: Enjoy longer the money you save. Moviereview ArchiveI'm doing my project at Info Support in Veenendaal. I really hope I can stick around there, because it's a great company to work for and it really fits my style of work. Anderlecht turns up some info on google, but it's all soccer, neighborhoods etc.
WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson
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I'm doing my project at Info Support in Veenendaal. I really hope I can stick around there, because it's a great company to work for and it really fits my style of work. Anderlecht turns up some info on google, but it's all soccer, neighborhoods etc.
WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson
:laugh: I once did a job interview at Info Support in Mechelen. It's a small world after all ...
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We frequently have interns that work with the latest and greatest code and manuals, and they are a great source of feedback. (*cough*cheaptesters*cough*) We were discussing how to reward for finding bugs. Generally, their pay usually isn't great (but the projects are), and I am all for paying them money for finding and isolating bugs (I need a repro!), also mistakes in the manuals, etc. The only two ideas on the table are "a one time bonus for good bug finding skills", or "a small amount for each bug found". The first is much to fuzzy, the second is ripe with horror stories of system abuse - I just don't want to go down arguing what constitutes a bug and what does not, and finding that I rejected 90 of their 100 bug reports might be pretty frustrating for them. So maybe "A buck for each bug reproducable on a developers system"? What would you do? Any Horror Stories? Or maybe, err, ahem, success stories? To clarify: They are not hired as testers. They have a usually very interesting topic to work on. We just want to motivate them to not gloss over the bugs.
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Donald Knuth in his classic programming series back in the '70s offered a buck for the first bug discovered in his books, and the reward was doubled for each subsequent bug. I don't think he ever had to even pay the dollar reward. Then again, he was a genius and didn't have bugs or make mistakes. *sigh* On the other hand, if I had to pay a nickel for each bug I'd be sleeping in the streets roaming for WiFi with my laptop in a paper bag.
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Just be sure they don't team up with the programmer to create a little business. :->
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Just be sure they don't team up with the programmer to create a little business. :->
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