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Discussion on: Have you ever seen anyone "fake" their way into a software development position?

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Ben Sinclair

I've worked in a company where a programmer was hired based on agency recommendations. They turned up for their induction and then worked from home, and something was up. Turned out they were outsourcing the work to someone in another country and knew only enough jargon to get by.

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Efe Ertugrul

same thing happened to a bank here.
a group of noob coders outsourced their work to india.

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Brad

How long did it take for them to "get found out"?

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Ben Sinclair

Not long, a couple of days I think.

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Abubakar Riaz

i have once worked for someone similar like this on upwork. She was working in a software company but was tasked with difficult and expert level task. so she outsourced it to me and I was happy to guide her and complete the task. Afterwards she also gave me a bonus on upwork. :)

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Michael Tharrington

Woooaaa! 😅

Well you know what they say, fake it til you outsource it to someone else who will make it.

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Ben Sinclair

Pithy!