New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Going to tech interviews for a 3rd party shop?
Ask HN: Going to tech interviews for a 3rd party shop?
2 by tompark | 2 comments on Hacker News.
My LinkedIn profile has my contact info, so it's not uncommon that I get contacted for random things. Recently I received an email from a dev shop, complimenting me on specifics about my work experience. Their proposal is that I perform in tech interviews to help land projects for them. They handle all the client prospecting, and do all the project management and coding. Beyond the interviews, I can be involved with the actual work as much or little as I want. We'd split any profits 50-50. It seemed like the kind of thing that could be legit, unethical, or possibly a scam. - If there's full transparency with the hiring employer, then ok, it's legit. - But why would I be involved in the first place? If the employer/client thinks I'm overseeing the project, then there's some deception involved. - Also you've probably heard of developers working as full-time employees at multiple jobs, which is clearly unethical. It didn't sound like that's what this email was proposing, but sometimes you don't know exactly where the line is drawn until you go down that path. - Alternatively, it could be a scam aimed at me. I've heard of fake job offers that get all your personal information, incl. SSN and bank account (supposedly for direct deposit), presumably for identity theft. Again, this seems unlikely but you never know until you go further along. Have any of you heard of similar arrangements to this? If so, how did it work?
2 by tompark | 2 comments on Hacker News.
My LinkedIn profile has my contact info, so it's not uncommon that I get contacted for random things. Recently I received an email from a dev shop, complimenting me on specifics about my work experience. Their proposal is that I perform in tech interviews to help land projects for them. They handle all the client prospecting, and do all the project management and coding. Beyond the interviews, I can be involved with the actual work as much or little as I want. We'd split any profits 50-50. It seemed like the kind of thing that could be legit, unethical, or possibly a scam. - If there's full transparency with the hiring employer, then ok, it's legit. - But why would I be involved in the first place? If the employer/client thinks I'm overseeing the project, then there's some deception involved. - Also you've probably heard of developers working as full-time employees at multiple jobs, which is clearly unethical. It didn't sound like that's what this email was proposing, but sometimes you don't know exactly where the line is drawn until you go down that path. - Alternatively, it could be a scam aimed at me. I've heard of fake job offers that get all your personal information, incl. SSN and bank account (supposedly for direct deposit), presumably for identity theft. Again, this seems unlikely but you never know until you go further along. Have any of you heard of similar arrangements to this? If so, how did it work?
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