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I just started working for C*ph*r. How long does it take you experienced coders to complete a batch? My best time is 26 minutes. Thanks.

I am curious also. I started a couple of months ago part-time andit still takes me about the same or longer depending on the batch. I heard you get faster with more experience. Some are really quick and some take forever.
I am getting better, though.

What kind of money can you make coding?

It depends on the project specificationsandhow many documents are in the batch. It also depends on the images. Sometimes it's hard to read if the documents were poorly scanned. Generally for a 5 field project with 40 documents it takes me between 20 - 30 minutes, longer for a more complex project.

Note: It took me about 6 months to get up to that speed. For the first three months I averaged about $20 a day and that was coding on average 8+ hours aday. People are generally slower when they first start because they are learning. I always tell people to give it at least 3 months before you get annoyed with how much money and how fast you are going. If you don't take the time to learn, you'll end up getting a higher resubmit rate. Edited by: ~Christine~

What kind of money can you make coding?

Right now? Nothing hardly. The field is mostly being outsourced overseas. We are still winning projects, but it's not a lot. There are weeks to months for some of us before we see a work release. That's how bad it's gotten. A lot of us have started to branch out to other fields in order to support our family and using the coding as a side job.

So, Christine, question from a fellow legal coder in the same boat... where are you doing your outside sourcing? Anything along the fields of coding still? I saw on the internal bboard for O*S* that one person is doing coding for what it looks like local companies. Do you think it's possible to get into something like that? What have you been able to get into using your coding experience?

Thanks so much!
Ivy

Hi Ivy,

It's very possible to get hired on as either an employee or an IC to a local company. Some companies will train you in-house and then give you the option to work from home. Just depends on the company. You can find these types of companies on careerbuilder.com and monster.com. I know there were a few ads for the Houston/New Yorkarea, but you have to live in Houston/New York.

Use keywords such as "Document Coding, Remote Coder, Legal Coder, Document Analyst, etc. on google and sometimes you'll get something to come up where they are hiring. But know that if you do find a company that will hire you on from home, they usually will give their in-house people work first.

I ended up finding a contract with an Intellectual Property Law firm and do not do coding anymore. It's just not steady and i needed something more steady income wise. Istill talk to the "connections", so that is how I know a lot of work is being outsourced overseas right now. The only way that will stop is if the Gov kicks in a new law that US legaldocuments cannot be transmittedoverseas even electronically.For now it's legal because the companies wills end thedocuments to a scanning company, or scan them themselves and then electronically submit them overseas. Otherwise it would be illegal. They can't legally send boxes ofUS legalDiscovery documentsoverseas.That's how I understand it anyway. Also, coding ended up not being challenging enough for me.
Edited by: ~Christine~

Thanks so much for the info. This is an avenue I'll need to explore, definitely :) I can't believe the work went away so abruptly all of a sudden. I appreciate the advice, definitely... and will have to start looking around.

Thanks again!
Ivy