Computer programmer 'outsourced job to China'

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9806921/Computer-programmer-outsourced-job-to-China.html

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The software developer, who is in his 40s, is said to have paid a Chinese firm a fifth of his six-figure salary to do his job for him while he spent his working days surfing the internet.

The tale emerged via a blog by an computer forensic investigator at Verizon Business, a US-based communications firm.

Andrew Valentine claimed that his company had been contacted by another US-based firm, whom he does not name, who feared their systems were being hacked after noticing that someone in Shenyang, China was accessing the system.

"The best part?" he continued. "Investigators had the opportunity to read through his performance reviews while working alongside HR.

"For the last several years in a row he received excellent remarks.

His code was clean, well written, and submitted in a timely fashion.

Quarter after quarter, his performance review noted him as the best developer in the building."

A spokesman for Verizon Business confirmed that the story was true, but declined to provide further details.

Hahaha.
Had to share this story.

Cheers!
Shc

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We actually joked about this at work once. Plan was to hire some folks from India and just have a whole lot of free time. Nice to know someone actually pulled it off.

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[Skyrad 0]

LMAO!

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Thats awesome.

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[Fast 0]

Yes, awesome.

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[Southern_Man 0]

Turned the tables on the outsourcing corporations.

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[rhaig 0]

I wish outsourcing worked that well. Unfortunately it depends on the group that gets the work. I've been involved in dealing with low cost country dev groups and some of the code was so bad we tossed it and started from scratch.

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Rob

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Hahaha.
Had to share this story.

I'm sure the company was keeping the work in the USA rather than outsourcing for good reason--they didn't want to share their core business secrets with individuals or businesses in China they felt couldn't be trusted as well as USA-based people. The employee was being paid much more than a Chinese counterpart for something very important--his trustworthiness. Unfortunately he clearly betrayed that trust.

"It's hard to have fun at 4-way unless your whole team gets down to the ground safely to do it again!"--Northern California Skydiving League re USPA Safety Day, March 8, 2014

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I wish outsourcing worked that well. Unfortunately it depends on the group that gets the work. I've been involved in dealing with low cost country dev groups and some of the code was so bad we tossed it and started from scratch.

Outsourcing works best when the work to be outsourced is carefully selected to be that which requires a somewhat lower level of trust--for example not requiring knowledge of key business secrets or being somewhat less sensitive to missed deadlines.

The cost is lower but the risk is higher for outsourced work.

"It's hard to have fun at 4-way unless your whole team gets down to the ground safely to do it again!"--Northern California Skydiving League re USPA Safety Day, March 8, 2014

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It's also best if the work has well-defined delivery requirements, without needing a huge amount of intercommunication.

Because unless you're co-located, there's never enough communication, and there's always some reputation-covering going on.

Personally, I think he not only betrayed the trust of his employers, but also his co-workers. Who's to say that Verizon won't decide to stary outsourcing more work now?

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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I wish outsourcing worked that well. Unfortunately it depends on the group that gets the work. I've been involved in dealing with low cost country dev groups and some of the code was so bad we tossed it and started from scratch.

That's been every outsourcing experience I've had.

Terrible, poorly thought out code. No common sense applied, ever.

Best example ever was a year drop down, sorted randomly. Outsource response: Wasn't in the requirements to sort year.

Clueless.

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