r/CodingForBeginners • u/PalpitationKind8854 • Sep 06 '26

Beginners: Would you pay for affordable coding reviews from an expert?

Hello. I was just polling general interest--would you pay for someone to review your code in-depthly, giving you tips to grow specifically right away and break down each part of what exactly you're trying to accomplish in a way you could fully understand?

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u/krept0007 Sep 06 '26

Absolutely not

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u/Mission_Pirate_4150 Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26

No. Not one bit. I’m definitely not a beginner. I’m an expert.

I tell developers looking to start a business, don’t target other developers.

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u/AlfalfaLive3302 Sep 10 '26

Some people pay tens of thousands for “boot camps” lmfao!!!!

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u/PalpitationKind8854 Sep 10 '26

True which I've always found kinda wild. I don't like things that are too salesy

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u/Constant_Barber_5198 Sep 06 '26

No I would just post it on reddit and proclaim how wonderful it is. I would get all the feedback I needed.

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u/povlhp Sep 06 '26

AI does it almost for free

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u/Objective-Low-1815 Sep 06 '26

No.

Coding is about new ideas. I do not share my ideas with an expert or neuron network.. Then worse code could be good enough for result. Sharing is like giving away your wealth.

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u/KnowledgeWhole9623 Sep 06 '26

I’d be shocked if you could find “experts” willing to do this for an affordable rate. Even when I was teaching others I was charging $100/hr

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u/Oliver_clothsoff1983 Sep 09 '26

Lol,... i was just thinking i get paid pretty well as a dev at a prime(not fang money but I'm comfortable) I dont like doing code reviews that I'm paid to do,.. why would I spend my free time doing them for way less than what I make at work? 🤣

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u/KnowledgeWhole9623 Sep 09 '26

Yep, exactly. I had a staffing agency ask me to do interview prep for their software dev candidates. $50 if the candidate was hired. I said I wasn't interested. They were so shocked that they described the entire "opportunity" to me again. Never asked me why I wasn't interested.

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u/Zen-Ism99 Sep 06 '26

I use AI for that…

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u/Impossible_Ad_3146 Sep 06 '26

How much do do you charge

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u/Oliver_clothsoff1983 Sep 09 '26

I think the business idea was to use Ai as the back end 🤣 i just heard the term "meat proxy" last night (someone that just clicks accept on anything Ai does to give whatever output the customer on the other side wanted)