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Smartest Worker Ever! He Earns $250,000/year; Pays Chinese Firm To Do His Job by occam(m): 10:08pm On Jan 16, 2013
Bob was his company’s best software developer, got glowing performance reviews and earned more than $250,000 a year.

Then one day last spring, Bob’s employer thought the company’s computer system had been attacked by a virus.

The ensuing forensic probe revealed that Bob’s software code had in fact been the handiwork of a Chinese subcontractor.

Bob was paying a Chinese firm about $50,000 a year to do his work, then spent the day surfing the web, watching cat videos and updating his Facebook page.

...Looking at his web browsing history, investigators found that Bob spent his workday checking sites such as Reddit, Ebay, Facebook and LinkedIn and watching cat videos. Then he would type an e-mail at the end of the day to update management about his “work” and left at 5 p.m. grin

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/how-a-model-employee-got-away-with-outsourcing-his-software-job-to-china/article7409256/

Has to be the smartest developer in the world grin This story made my day
Re: Smartest Worker Ever! He Earns $250,000/year; Pays Chinese Firm To Do His Job by occam(m): 10:11pm On Jan 16, 2013
Maybe this should be in joke section
Re: Smartest Worker Ever! He Earns $250,000/year; Pays Chinese Firm To Do His Job by ucheheart(m): 6:10pm On Jan 17, 2013
Serious.
Re: Smartest Worker Ever! He Earns $250,000/year; Pays Chinese Firm To Do His Job by steadynana: 3:51pm On Dec 19, 2013
he's gonna be sued..dats all

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