I Majored In Outsourcing
from the online-learning dept
There are plenty of places where students can buy term papers and other work online, but apparently now computer-science students are getting into the act by using outsourcing sites to find overseas programmers to do their homework. There's not a whole lot to add to this, but there's no reason why the ranks of students clueless enough to buy somebody else's work shouldn't include some "studying" computer science. Just makes you wonder if they're dumb enough to brag about it on Facebook, too.
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Outsourced Programmer
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Offering your services for a fee doesn't make you a victim of bullying, it makes you a consultant!
Oh, but I suppose your typical liberal mentality keeps you from seeing otherwise. Grow up, you commie!
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No Subject Given
I did that once, although I'm not a Computer Science major. I'm more into networking, but I had to take a java class and just couldn't grasp it. So, I paid some kid in Singapore like $10 to do my project for me.
I got an A.
There was this site, it was like e-bay for programmers. You put up the specifics of the project, and the programmers bid on how much they'll do it for. Past clients rank them, so you can find the biggest bang for your buck.
Then, when the price/specifications are agreed upon, you send the site the money, and the site will not release the money to the programmer until you tell the site that the work is done and satisfactory.
It was awesome.
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Re: No Subject Given
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Teachers are getting wise to this...
In CProgramming.com (GD forum) someone complains that their teacher caught them out with an oral exam. They were asked to explain their code but could not because they had used 'technical stuff without realising'.
It is all a laugh until you get stuck in a team, deadlines fast approaching, with one of these muppets....
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You only hurt yourself...
That's a slight paraphrase, but only because memory fails me as to his exact words. They were quite close.
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