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While I have not done this personally, I dont know that I see a problem with this, other than fed ex'ing his VPN token to China to allow them to log in. It defi

by S_A_P 14y ago

While I have not done this personally, I dont know that I see a problem with this, other than fed ex'ing his VPN token to China to allow them to log in. It definitely seems short sighted, and if he allowed them to view sensitive corporate data that is also a problem, but the task of offloading some work doesnt really seem wrong to me.

donohoe 14y ago
Agree on some levels - BUT - you've provided a 3rd party direct access to a critical system (telecommunications no less) in a foreign country. You probably have limited means to do a thorough background check on the 3rd party and you submit the work as your own. If he were able to setup a local dev environment and only provide access to that (and from there he'd move over code changes himself) then I'd be more sympathetic.
mikeash 14y ago
To me, this comment reads as, "Aside from the horrible thing he did wrong, I don't see a problem with this."
- S_A_P 14y ago
  Well my comment is more directed at the thread title. "Star developer outsourced his job to China". That isnt the bad part. I would be more apt to think something was foul if it read- "Careless employee fed-exed credentials to corporate critical systems while he surfed Reddit". That is wrong. Outsourcing work that can be done by anyone cheaply is just savvy...