Yes, it's very difficult to make an accurate statement about an entire country that applies and an individual experiential level. You don't experience the average crime statistics of a country at a corner coffee shop.
Initial suspicions arose from the general tenor of how he talked about his past work -- the way someone speaks when they're making things up.
Non-native english speaking grammar and mistakes in Github comments. There are certain types of mistakes native English speakers make -- I make -- and the type non-native English speakers make. These are of the latter class.
His code has different styles project to project.
Logins to 3rd party tools through a VPN at every hour of the night and day -- the preempted warning that this might happen from him.
His tendency to take specific questions about his code and answer them with generalities, or more often having to think about the answer and get back to us later.
I've considered this, however:
-it's a contractual violation
-the work is shoddy
-it's immoral
-this presents security issues
-it would make a good hacker news story
If the work is shoddy, fire him — regardless of why it’s shoddy. If you don’t have the power to fire him, convince the people who do. If you can’t do that — on the basis of shoddy work — then it’s time to recalibrate your definition of shoddy.
actually, I just realized that there are some countries whose work laws do not allow firing on the basis of "shoddy work". but would totally allow firing for outsourcing your own job, on the basis of trust violation, trade secrets access from unauthorized people, and stuff like that.
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