美国网民调侃“天才程序员”将工作外包给中国公司

The Story of a Man Who Outsourced His Work to China so He Could Watch Cat Videos All Day

A Verizon case study recently revealed that some people will go through great lengths in order to be able to watch cat videos all day.

We first heard about it on TNW.

The study documents the scam of a developer, who is referred to as Bob. He worked at a "critical infrastructure" company in the U.S. and started outsourcing his work to China underneath his company's nose, and would only pay those people less than one fifth of his six-figure salary.

Here's how it was possible.

Bob's company had started letting employees work remotely from home on certain days, so it set up a VPN concentrator to facilitate that. The company implemented two-factor authentication for the connection, with the second factor being a physical, rotating token RSA key fob. So all Bob had to do was send the key over to China via FedEx.

The company eventually noticed strange activity in its VPN logs, so it asked Verizon for some help understanding what was going on. The logs showed that Bob was logged in from Shenyang, China, even though he was sitting at his desk.

The company initially thought there was some kind of malware routing traffic from an internal connection in China, and then back to the U.S.

But Verizon investigators quickly noticed a major red flag. The VPN connection wasn't new and had been active for at least six months.

So they zeroed in on Bob himself, and took a forensic image of Bob's computer to recover as many files as possible and check for signs of malware.

What they ended up finding were hundreds of PDF invoices from a third-party contractor in Shenyang, China.

A look at his browsing history revealed what  his typical work day consisted of:

9:00 a.m. – Arrive and surf Reddit for a couple of hours. Watch cat videos.
11:30 a.m. – Take lunch.
1:00 p.m. – Ebay time.
2:00ish p.m. – Facebook updates – LinkedIn.
4:30 p.m. – End of day update e-mail to management.
5:00 p.m. – Go home.

So while workers in China were doing Bob's job for him, Bob was sitting back, relaxing, watching cat videos, and earning "several hundred thousand dollars" a year.

正文不翻译了，见此帖：http://lt.cjdby.net/thread-1534229-1-2.html

网民评论



Tony
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Tony2 hours 32 minutes ago

man thats a great idea, he just did what most large corporations are already doing
这个主意好，他做了所以大公司都在做的事。

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L2 hours 23 minutes ago

Upon learning about what Bob was doing, his company made him CEO.
公司了解到Bob的所作所为后，决定让他做CEO。

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Michael
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Michael2 hours 28 minutes ago

They should give him a raise. That's a CEO mentality right there.
他们应该提拔他。这家伙是当CEO的料。

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john
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john2 hours 35 minutes ago

This is free enterprise at it's finest. Getting others to make you money is the American Way.
这是自由企业的最高形态。别人干活你赚钱才是美国之道。

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Just A guy
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Just A guy2 hours 17 minutes ago

Sounds like "Bob" was just living the executive lifestyle.
看上去Bob的生活和管理层一样嘛。

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Randy G
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Randy G2 hours 33 minutes ago

Oh great. You let the cat out of the bag.
猫跑出来了（译注：露馅了，和正文是双关语）

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NY
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NY2 hours 32 minutes ago

Brilliant!
有才！

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The Source
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The Source7 hours ago

Well - was the work done well
别的不说，活干得怎么样？

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yahoo user
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yahoo user2 hours 39 minutes ago

American ingenuity or American laziness lol
美国式的天才还是美国式的懒惰 LOL

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Zmanster
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Zmanster2 hours 24 minutes ago

Something to think about. Most companies don't give a ratz ash about their employees, so its no wonder people come up with ideas to stick it to em'...
值得思考。大多数公司才不把员工当回事，难怪人们会想法子对抗。。。

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Yahoo User Too    3 hours ago

Wow, great idea! I'll look into this for my own job...
牛逼！我看看我自己的工作能不能也外包了。。。

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Gorilla
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Gorilla    2 hours 11 minutes ago

Nice. The company knows it can fire its workers and rehire ones from China.
这下可好，公司知道可以把员工都炒了然后从中国雇人。

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Minority Mandate
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Minority Mandate    3 hours ago

Why was this a 'scam'. Wasn't the company happy with the work he was turning in
为什么这是“诈骗”？公司不是很满意他的表现吗？

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Robert
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Robert    2 hours 40 minutes ago

Outsourcing work to China , is a scam  Someone arrest GM ..
外包给中国是诈骗。。。来人啊快来逮捕通用！

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Mike
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Mike    2 hours 9 minutes ago

Great. This guy has proven to his employer that ALL jobs can be outsourced for 1/5 of the cost. This includes profesional jobs. His scam has show his employer how easy it would be for them to do the same.
这下好了。这家伙向老板证明了所有工作都可以用1/5的成本外包出去，包括专业工作。他的老板完全可以照搬。


原文链接：http://finance.yahoo.com/news/story-man-outsourced-china-could-135701981.html

The Story of a Man Who Outsourced His Work to China so He Could Watch Cat Videos All Day

A Verizon case study recently revealed that some people will go through great lengths in order to be able to watch cat videos all day.

We first heard about it on TNW.

The study documents the scam of a developer, who is referred to as Bob. He worked at a "critical infrastructure" company in the U.S. and started outsourcing his work to China underneath his company's nose, and would only pay those people less than one fifth of his six-figure salary.

Here's how it was possible.

Bob's company had started letting employees work remotely from home on certain days, so it set up a VPN concentrator to facilitate that. The company implemented two-factor authentication for the connection, with the second factor being a physical, rotating token RSA key fob. So all Bob had to do was send the key over to China via FedEx.

The company eventually noticed strange activity in its VPN logs, so it asked Verizon for some help understanding what was going on. The logs showed that Bob was logged in from Shenyang, China, even though he was sitting at his desk.

The company initially thought there was some kind of malware routing traffic from an internal connection in China, and then back to the U.S.

But Verizon investigators quickly noticed a major red flag. The VPN connection wasn't new and had been active for at least six months.

So they zeroed in on Bob himself, and took a forensic image of Bob's computer to recover as many files as possible and check for signs of malware.

What they ended up finding were hundreds of PDF invoices from a third-party contractor in Shenyang, China.

A look at his browsing history revealed what  his typical work day consisted of:

9:00 a.m. – Arrive and surf Reddit for a couple of hours. Watch cat videos.
11:30 a.m. – Take lunch.
1:00 p.m. – Ebay time.
2:00ish p.m. – Facebook updates – LinkedIn.
4:30 p.m. – End of day update e-mail to management.
5:00 p.m. – Go home.

So while workers in China were doing Bob's job for him, Bob was sitting back, relaxing, watching cat videos, and earning "several hundred thousand dollars" a year.

正文不翻译了，见此帖：http://lt.cjdby.net/thread-1534229-1-2.html

网民评论



Tony
1079users liked this comment 14users disliked this comment
Tony2 hours 32 minutes ago

man thats a great idea, he just did what most large corporations are already doing
这个主意好，他做了所以大公司都在做的事。

40 Replies
   
810users liked this comment  13users disliked this comment
L2 hours 23 minutes ago

Upon learning about what Bob was doing, his company made him CEO.
公司了解到Bob的所作所为后，决定让他做CEO。

14 Replies
Michael
1409users liked this comment  31users disliked this comment
Michael2 hours 28 minutes ago

They should give him a raise. That's a CEO mentality right there.
他们应该提拔他。这家伙是当CEO的料。

34 Replies
john
754users liked this comment   27users disliked this comment
john2 hours 35 minutes ago

This is free enterprise at it's finest. Getting others to make you money is the American Way.
这是自由企业的最高形态。别人干活你赚钱才是美国之道。

14 Replies
Just A guy
210users liked this comment   5users disliked this comment
Just A guy2 hours 17 minutes ago

Sounds like "Bob" was just living the executive lifestyle.
看上去Bob的生活和管理层一样嘛。

3 Replies
Randy G
353users liked this comment   12users disliked this comment
Randy G2 hours 33 minutes ago

Oh great. You let the cat out of the bag.
猫跑出来了（译注：露馅了，和正文是双关语）

6 Replies
NY
282users liked this comment   11users disliked this comment
NY2 hours 32 minutes ago

Brilliant!
有才！

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The Source
334users liked this comment   14users disliked this comment
The Source7 hours ago

Well - was the work done well
别的不说，活干得怎么样？

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yahoo user
364users liked this comment   18users disliked this comment
yahoo user2 hours 39 minutes ago

American ingenuity or American laziness lol
美国式的天才还是美国式的懒惰 LOL

29 Replies
Zmanster
158users liked this comment   6users disliked this comment
Zmanster2 hours 24 minutes ago

Something to think about. Most companies don't give a ratz ash about their employees, so its no wonder people come up with ideas to stick it to em'...
值得思考。大多数公司才不把员工当回事，难怪人们会想法子对抗。。。

6 Replies

Yahoo User Too    3 hours ago

Wow, great idea! I'll look into this for my own job...
牛逼！我看看我自己的工作能不能也外包了。。。

5 Replies
Gorilla
25users liked this comment    0users disliked this comment
Gorilla    2 hours 11 minutes ago

Nice. The company knows it can fire its workers and rehire ones from China.
这下可好，公司知道可以把员工都炒了然后从中国雇人。

2 Replies
Minority Mandate
58users liked this comment    2users disliked this comment
Minority Mandate    3 hours ago

Why was this a 'scam'. Wasn't the company happy with the work he was turning in
为什么这是“诈骗”？公司不是很满意他的表现吗？

5 Replies
Robert
15users liked this comment    0users disliked this comment
Robert    2 hours 40 minutes ago

Outsourcing work to China , is a scam  Someone arrest GM ..
外包给中国是诈骗。。。来人啊快来逮捕通用！

3 Replies
Mike
7users liked this comment    0users disliked this comment
Mike    2 hours 9 minutes ago

Great. This guy has proven to his employer that ALL jobs can be outsourced for 1/5 of the cost. This includes profesional jobs. His scam has show his employer how easy it would be for them to do the same.
这下好了。这家伙向老板证明了所有工作都可以用1/5的成本外包出去，包括专业工作。他的老板完全可以照搬。


原文链接：http://finance.yahoo.com/news/story-man-outsourced-china-could-135701981.html