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How to become more diligent and accountable?
Get organized. Build a check list. Plan ahead.
Every time you get a new assignment, you should assess it carefully:
Do you have all the requirements? What is vague, unclear and subject to ...
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How to become more diligent and accountable?
By definition:
Diligent: work hard, work smart, work well with the team.
Accountable: When you commit to doing something, make every effort to complete it. If you promise it by a specific time, get it ...
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How to become more diligent and accountable?
I try to fix all of this, but I am afraid when it comes to diligence, there will always be pitfalls I have trouble detecting. Do you have any advice working on that front?
If your problem is ...
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My journey learning programming. Looking for guidance ~ where do I go from here?
I don’t have anyone in my life that has any knowledge or ambitions towards technology or programming
The times when you learned you job from working with your dad in his business are long gone. ...
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My journey learning programming. Looking for guidance ~ where do I go from here?
You haven't learned programming in four months.
You've made a start. The question is what are you planning to do from here. If you're looking for a job you'll be competing with people who went to ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
Go talk to the director (or even better, his boss) and say you'll not lie. Tell them you'll tell the client you are working on getting pen testing done but if they don't want to authorize it, you'll ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
IANAL, so I cannot comment on whether you are specifically liable.
I have been an engineer and consultant supporting sales for a technical company, so I have been involved in similar situations. At ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
Oof, polish up your resume. You should actively seek to leave this company.
You should have stopped filling out the form and had a discussion with your superiors when you discovered the pen-testing ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
You are being setup to take the blame for fraud.
Your manager and every other corporate officer will deny all knowledge of this, blame everything on you, and very possibly leave you with criminal and/...
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Doing a job in obscure way
I can't thing of a word for it, but it's common enough. Basically you want your work to look harder than it is in order to bill more, prevent people from copying your work, or making yourself more ...
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Doing a job in obscure way
When employees do their job in obscure or loosely explained way, or
with scarce or ineffective documentation, out of worry their work
would be underestmated if it becomes transparent how they do it,
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
Have I done anything fraudulent so far?
Nuanced answer. Fraud requires intent to deceive, which according to your story is not part of what drove you.
However, it would be correct to say that writing ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
Here is a step-by-step guide to protecting yourself during the meeting. For better advice, talk to a lawyer.
Before the meeting, ensure that you have a copy of the original questionnaire, filled out ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
As I see it, you have done something wrong. You are the technical person; you should not be constructing documents you believe will be sent to a client that are untrue.
It's your choice, but if I were ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
Have I done anything fraudulent so far?
Yes. You created a document which contains false, misleading, or inaccurate information, and distributed it to others. It doesn't matter if you were ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
At that point, I was confident in my personal ethical position. Yes I had produced a document that was factually inaccurate, but when I sent it, I was very clear that I thought the sections that were ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
Producing a pen testing (or a security audit) report is no small feat.
Shop around for a reputable third party to do the pen testing for your company. Then prepare a report outlining the cost of pen ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
You either are going to resign/be fired or to commit fraud. The latter you don't want to do, both ethically and legally.
So, as long as you have paper trail of their fraudulent plans and their ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
The client came back and asked to see evidence of the pen testing that had taken place. The director simply responded with "this is a question for our technical manager, [my name], I'll set up a ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
Have I done anything fraudulent so far?
A good lawyer could argue "no", but you have in fact uttered a fraudulent document, knowing it will be used in a fraudulent manner by the director. ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
The solution is simple: Ask the director what he intends to be done? Let him understand that you can't just make something up that will stand under scrutiny.
Usually it's solved by you missing the ...
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Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
I am not a lawyer, but... the common understanding of "fraud" is obtaining money or other advantages dishonestly by deception. If the client has made it clear that pen testing is an ...
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Manager banned tests and Linux
Banning (automated) tests - Red flag
Banning Linux - no flag
Demanding manual tests - questionable.
As others already mentioned demanding (one) operating system has its logic - some tool and ...
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Manager banned tests and Linux
Based on my own experiences, I've found that Linux desktops can be problematic in a workplace setting. Over the course of five years using Linux, I've encountered numerous instances where updates ...
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Manager banned tests and Linux
Companies get to decide how their employees get work done.
Clearly they value testing, the previous employee was fired because of it. Your development process needs to match how the rest of the ...
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Manager banned tests and Linux
Is banning tests and linux a red flag
No, their company, their rules. There is many valid reasons to ban Linux, and many valid reasons not to, but it's not your decision to make. Your decision is ...
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Manager banned tests and Linux
I agree their inconsistencies regarding tests are concerning:
they think that writing tests slows down development.
demanded I stop writing tests and instead start using manual testing like before I ...
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Manager banned tests and Linux
Is banning tests and linux a red flag?
Personally, I would look elsewhere if the micromanaging is this nonsensical and destructive.
In addition, the flip-flopping from wanting tests to not wanting ...
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Doing a job in obscure way
The broad concept is "trustlessness", when employees believe either the employer or colleagues will retaliate against cooperation and helpfulness, such as with sackings and redundancies, pay ...
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How do I contract a remote work arrangement?
Remote is a significant hassle for companies, for reasons ranging from security, to finance (paying across borders is messy), to " we think people collaborate better in person than via telecon&...
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Explaining to engineers the importance of writing clean code
Take a structured approach
Implementing change in an organization, even a small one, is a job unto itself. If the ad hoc/informal approach (talking to people 1:1) isn't working, you can try a more ...
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