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Post by entwife »

radarsat1 wrote: post #181

This is amazing. I wanted to add one thing. I noticed after reading the full blog post, and scanning through all the HN comments here, that there has been actually no mention, as far as I can tell, from any parties involved, or even any commenters, of any intention to make a police report. Now, I understand not trusting the police, and often it's more trouble than it's worth to deal with them. But this is a situation…

I was going to comment about a police report, but largely because it might be useful for an insurance policy that covers identity theft.

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Post by tomcam »

blastwind wrote: post #125

Andrew here. Connor, thanks for releasing this on the orange site. This story is also more fun from my position. I've been applying to internships and interviewing every week. They're mostly rejections. They're the same questions over and over with minor variation (sorry to top comment for "impersonating" your comment style). My days are deteriorating from a colorful sphere down to two points. In fact, down to two po…

> my girlfriend tells me, "you're good but let's be honest here..."

My favorite part of this whole thing. Hang onto her.

Re: Someone is pretending to be me

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Post by tomcam »

jaffee wrote: post #205
blastwind wrote: post #125

Andrew here. Connor, thanks for releasing this on the orange site. This story is also more fun from my position. I've been applying to internships and interviewing every week. They're mostly rejections. They're the same questions over and over with minor variation (sorry to top comment for "impersonating" your comment style). My days are deteriorating from a colorful sphere down to two points. In fact, down to two po…

Andrew, see if anything here catches your eye... we've got a few openings. You can email me at my username at featurebase.com. https://www.featurebase.com/careers

Damnit with all these job offers dropping into Andrew's inbox I definitely need someone to clone me so I can be all ethical and shit

* Kidding I'm retired. Mad props, Andrew!

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Post by mk89 »

lazide wrote: post #49
victorclf wrote: post #6

These kind of frauds are really bad for legitimate remote workers. Hope employers don't get burned and start cutting back on remote opportunities.

A big reason why a lot of companies are trying to push people back to the office is they have low confidence that line managers will catch these kinds of problems, and many more - including 'the guys working 4 jobs and barely doing anything for us', the 'guy starting his own company that competes with us at the same time as working for us', the 'guy who farms out all his work to subs in India', etc. It's easy to say…

> A big reason why a lot of companies are trying to push people back to the office

Which is kind of useless for most of the points you described at the end. There are plenty of comments here really proving that you can scam even in person interviews. Let's say you are not scam, you pass an interview. You can still do all of those things while you work.

The only way to prevent this is by having keyloggers and similar tools on the work laptop so that you can actually see what people do. And even then, if someone does "enough", would you really check? Probably most people nowadays wouldn't care, as long as you deliver.

The truth is: most people are honest, they do "normal" work, they get a raise, etc. Then there is a percent of people which exploits the system. A system that let's be honest tries to profit from them too by giving lower wages, etc.

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Post by rippercushions »

tablespoon wrote: post #186
paraknight wrote: post #182

I knew immediately it's Upwork. This is extremely common on there. The main reason is because developers in Western countries can demand higher rates. Just watch out for the red flags: mismatching LinkedIn experience, no camera during interview, incorrect accent, etc. Don't trust the reviews because accounts are routienly shared and/or sold. I've had some fun with this before where a developer with a clearly Chinese…

> The main reason is because developers in Western countries can demand higher rates. Just watch out for the red flags ... incorrect accent, etc. At least in America, that's not a valid tell. There are tons of developers in Western countries that have foreign accents.

"Incorrect" here means the accent not matching the name. For example, it's unlikely that a person named Connor Tumbleson, who according to their resume was educated and has worked in the US all their life, would have a Chinese accent. (Not impossible, of course, but unlikely.)

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Post by AussieWog93 »

mechanical_bear wrote: post #208
pjbeam wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Email me at my HN username at protonmail dot com for a referral to Dropbox's internship. Love the integrity and drive to get to the bottom of a strange situation.

There ya go, looks like a gained opportunity there!

Not just for Andrew, but the identity thieves too!

If anyone needs a Westerner to interview as "Andrew", hit me up. I've got a hot lead on an internship at Dropbox!

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Post by rippercushions »

pasc1878 wrote: post #108
yellowstuff wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard of large consulting companies that do a "bait and switch" where the client initially talks to a fantastic technical person prior to signing a contract, then never hears from them again.

That is normal - you have to add to the interview a requirement that you interview and have to approve each person assigned to work for you. It is amazing how many managers I have worked for who don't do that.

There are some legal sensitivities here: the company is hiring a vendor to provide a service, and risks co-employment issues if they start managing the vendor's staff in any way, including interviewing them.

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Post by blastwind »

blastwind wrote: post #125

Andrew here. Connor, thanks for releasing this on the orange site. This story is also more fun from my position. I've been applying to internships and interviewing every week. They're mostly rejections. They're the same questions over and over with minor variation (sorry to top comment for "impersonating" your comment style). My days are deteriorating from a colorful sphere down to two points. In fact, down to two po…

I'm grateful for all of the opportunities! Thank you everyone.

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Post by pjbeam »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #216
mechanical_bear wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There ya go, looks like a gained opportunity there!

Not just for Andrew, but the identity thieves too! If anyone needs a Westerner to interview as "Andrew", hit me up. I've got a hot lead on an internship at Dropbox!

My plan is to verify it is the same email at least through OP, although your point is valid.

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Post by blastwind »

tomcam wrote: post #212
blastwind wrote: post #125

Andrew here. Connor, thanks for releasing this on the orange site. This story is also more fun from my position. I've been applying to internships and interviewing every week. They're mostly rejections. They're the same questions over and over with minor variation (sorry to top comment for "impersonating" your comment style). My days are deteriorating from a colorful sphere down to two points. In fact, down to two po…

> my girlfriend tells me, "you're good but let's be honest here..." My favorite part of this whole thing. Hang onto her.

Haha yes. She's honest and the best.
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