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Man outsources his own job(s)

  • 16-01-2013 11:45am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭


    A security audit of a US critical infrastructure company last year revealed that its star developer had outsourced his own job to a Chinese subcontractor and was spending all his work time playing around on the internet.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/16/developer_oursources_job_china/

    This is outstanding.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭Drakares


    Stolen from Reddit. But yes, it sure it outstanding.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Ha, brilliant.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Nolimits


    Drakares wrote: »
    Stolen from Reddit. But yes, it sure it outstanding.

    I stole it from somewhere other than Reddit, but does it really matter?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭pitythefool


    Scary

    More power too him though


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    Many of our own do it here, usually under the guise of having consultants


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Bob is a god amongst men!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    Drakares wrote: »
    Stolen from Reddit. But yes, it sure it outstanding.


    nobody gives a shit where it came from.....

    well unless it's the news of the world.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Drakares wrote: »
    Stolen from Reddit. But yes, it sure it outstanding.

    I don't get this whole "stolen from......." attitude, i've seen a good bit of round here lately.
    Did you think boards was populated solely by journalists who would only post original material or what?
    Every news story you see here is "stolen" from somewhere!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    Outsourcing is the way to go, I provide a service and most of the actual work is outsourced. It can be a pain though if the person I outsource the work to, makes a balls of it because for the customer it reflects badly on me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    Drakares wrote: »
    Stolen from Reddit. But yes, it sure it outstanding.


    I wonder where reddit stole it from.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 298 ✭✭HHobo


    Nolimits wrote: »
    I stole it from somewhere other than Reddit, but does it really matter?

    This whole "stolen from reddit" thing is really starting to annoy me. Unless reddit is the ultimate source for all news, then most of what is on reddit was taken from somewhere else. As someone who doesn't use reddit - or entirely know what it is for that matter - I am glad people take the time to bring these things to boards. Thanks!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Drakares wrote: »
    Stolen from Reddit. But yes, it sure it outstanding.

    Who gives shít?

    Boards.ie is enough for me, so I and probably a lot of other users here don't go near Reddit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,815 ✭✭✭take everything




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,819 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    Unless Reddit wrote the bloody article, nobody stole anything from them. And considering the pro-piracy outlook of the majority of its users, that any Reddit fan could decry online intellectual property theft is hilarious


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭Drakares


    People so mad.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    he could have gone off and done anything at all and he watches clips of cats?


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    he could have gone off and done anything at all and he watches clips of cats?

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't he outsourcing for other firms as well. Why not just set up an outsourcing company if that's all he's going to do all day?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Bob is a genius.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭brimal


    This happens a lot more than people think, especially in the IT industry.

    I have done it myself for many programming contracts/jobs, but not to the extent that 'Bob' has in fairness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭suave.4u


    Nolimits wrote: »
    I stole it from somewhere other than Reddit, but does it really matter?

    Stole it from BOB :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Itzy wrote: »
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't he outsourcing for other firms as well. Why not just set up an outsourcing company if that's all he's going to do all day?
    I'm sure he's doing that now given all the publicity he's gotten for knowing the top Chinese coding companies.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭who_me


    The only thing I don't understand - why was he fired? Getting much lower-paid people to do all his work, while taking all the credit for it. Sounds like perfect management material.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Itzy wrote: »
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't he outsourcing for other firms as well. Why not just set up an outsourcing company if that's all he's going to do all day?

    Not exactly. All he did was pay someone else to do his work then got other jobs and sent that to them to do too.

    If anyone actually knows who this guy is and he tries to use what he did as a marketing tactic it should fall under his feet. He has shown no consideration towards IT Security needs at all and has possibly provided sensitive data or a means to acquire sensitive data to an unverified third party.

    He's just a cute whoer. Nothing more.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭MaxSteele


    What a hero. Bagging himself six figure sums, considered top software developer in the company, all while sitting on his hole watching videos of Detective Mittens.

    :D:D

    Great story on a piss raining day.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 905 ✭✭✭rick_fantastic


    hat off to bob.. what a hero


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,677 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    who_me wrote: »
    The only thing I don't understand - why was he fired? Getting much lower-paid people to do all his work, while taking all the credit for it. Sounds like perfect management material.

    Some companies don't like it when the 'exploiting the wage slave' system gets turned on its head. For the same reason some companies will hold talks about company loyalty and taking a hit for the team and then lay people off if cheaper methods are opened to them.

    Luckily a lot of companies don't look at things this way.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    who_me wrote: »
    The only thing I don't understand - why was he fired?
    A security audit of a US critical infrastructure company

    A nasty Chinese commie writing code for critical infrastructure in the good ol' U, S and A?...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 280 ✭✭happypants


    HHobo wrote: »

    This whole "stolen from reddit" thing is really starting to annoy me. Unless reddit is the ultimate source for all news, then most of what is on reddit was taken from somewhere else. As someone who doesn't use reddit - or entirely know what it is for that matter - I am glad people take the time to bring these things to boards. Thanks!


    I would thank that post more than once if I could. Can't make any sense of reddit so I'm also glad people take the time and effort to "steal" from it!

    Back on topic tho, the man is both an idiot and genius all at the same time. Clever idea, he made a load of money from it! however on being found out he's alerted the company that their work can be done cheaper and better elsewhere.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,316 ✭✭✭circadian


    Excellent work Bob.
    He'll become an auditor for some other company off the back of this.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Amazon Mechanical Turk. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭omahaid


    who_me wrote: »
    The only thing I don't understand - why was he fired? Getting much lower-paid people to do all his work, while taking all the credit for it. Sounds like perfect management material.

    It doesn't specifically say he was fired (I think), I just assumed he was head hunted into a senior management role elsewhere. He has proven he can effectively manage a remote software team.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Feathers


    Drakares wrote: »
    Stolen from Reddit. But yes, it sure it outstanding.

    Or outsourced to Reddit?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭tan11ie


    Bob the legend ,clever ****.


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