Assume as the article states that it is two people.
Here's a partial list of the tasks these two people would have had to do:
Trace exactly how the intrusion happened.
Identify which processes failed. This means not only the process which meant this person kept their SecureID, but also the process which should have shut down access via that SecureID. I have several SecureID's in a drawer in my desk from previous system accesses. This doesn't mean I can still log in to those systems.
Modify those processes so the failure doesn't happen again ever. Depending on what failed this could be anything from adding some text to a process document to identifying a subtle deficiency in hardware or software.
Restore the deleted access.
Document what was done, why it was done, who did it, and then ensure it is all ready for the audit that is going to happen next week because of this.
None of this work would have needed to be done had this person resisted the silly urge for obvious and stupid revenge.
About one month's work for all of the above is reasonable and $50 an hour is downright cheap.
When I'm conducting a technical interview and I ask the interviewee if they have any questions, I'm just being polite.
The candidate can easily remove themselves from consideration if they ask the wrong questions.
The one I hear most often is usually variations on, "How easy is it to get to my personal e-mail/chat/web browsing at work?" It's just common sense... I'm not going to give further consideration to someone whose apparent concern is how easy it is to *not* work!
I remember life before the web.
Instead of doing a study of how much might be "lost" because people are surfing at work, the study should compare what would be "lost" due to productivity increases the web has engendered less any losses due to people surfing at work now, and then you find there is no "loss" only an enormous net gain.
Before the wide availability of financial management software and the ability to pay bills on the web, I generally spent about 20 hours per month writing checks, balancing the checkbook, typing or hand-writing letters, etc. Now, I spend, at most, 2 hours per month on the same tasks -- and I have many, many more bills and more general financial activity to keep track of.
In my work life, most HR tasks used to involve multiple phone calls and interoffice mail with forms going back and forth. Now, it's a web site. Point, click, fill in the form online, digitally sign it and you're done. The increase in productivity at work is at least as great as in my personal financial productivity, and probably more so because all those forms and interoffice mail used to need people to shepherd them about.
The total net productivity, at least for me, even factoring in the time I may spend surfing the news at work, is still much, much greater than any time I lose looking at slashdot, yahoo, or the New York Times.
If they are open source projects he now has the time to work on them without the distraction of having to earn a living.
Far from stalling both should move forward now at warp speed.
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And the path from the parking lot to the office -- covered by 5 feet of snow -- is uphill both ways.
Assume as the article states that it is two people.
Here's a partial list of the tasks these two people would have had to do:
Trace exactly how the intrusion happened.
Identify which processes failed. This means not only the process which meant this person kept their SecureID, but also the process which should have shut down access via that SecureID. I have several SecureID's in a drawer in my desk from previous system accesses. This doesn't mean I can still log in to those systems.
Modify those processes so the failure doesn't happen again ever. Depending on what failed this could be anything from adding some text to a process document to identifying a subtle deficiency in hardware or software.
Restore the deleted access.
Document what was done, why it was done, who did it, and then ensure it is all ready for the audit that is going to happen next week because of this.
None of this work would have needed to be done had this person resisted the silly urge for obvious and stupid revenge.
About one month's work for all of the above is reasonable and $50 an hour is downright cheap.
Critical data lost because there isn't an enforced backup strategy?
Can't get a needed investment because you can't pass a process and controls audit?
The 'key' man (you) is unavailable when a critical application or machine crashes?
My suggestion would be to thoroughly document the risks of the strategic lack, and then point to the documentation when your predictions come true.
The candidate can easily remove themselves from consideration if they ask the wrong questions.
The one I hear most often is usually variations on, "How easy is it to get to my personal e-mail/chat/web browsing at work?" It's just common sense ... I'm not going to give further consideration to someone whose apparent concern is how easy it is to *not* work!
Right here in my home town (Denver) the Rocky Mountain News had a story germane to this discussion -- http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/tech/article /0,2777,DRMN_23910_4325336,00.html is the story, and the website for the women in the calendar. Could the article have been more timely?
A devout atheist? How pray tell (pun intended) does one practice atheism? Where are atheism's devotions performed?
Yahoo desktop search looks interesting and at least as capable as Google, but ... it doesn't search Lotus Notes e-mail. No point to it for me, then.
While the name "Unix" is indeed 40 years old, Unix on newer computers is very, very different than it was 40 years ago!
Unix is an OPERATING SYSTEM; it is adapted to the hardware it is running on.
I remember life before the web. Instead of doing a study of how much might be "lost" because people are surfing at work, the study should compare what would be "lost" due to productivity increases the web has engendered less any losses due to people surfing at work now, and then you find there is no "loss" only an enormous net gain. Before the wide availability of financial management software and the ability to pay bills on the web, I generally spent about 20 hours per month writing checks, balancing the checkbook, typing or hand-writing letters, etc. Now, I spend, at most, 2 hours per month on the same tasks -- and I have many, many more bills and more general financial activity to keep track of. In my work life, most HR tasks used to involve multiple phone calls and interoffice mail with forms going back and forth. Now, it's a web site. Point, click, fill in the form online, digitally sign it and you're done. The increase in productivity at work is at least as great as in my personal financial productivity, and probably more so because all those forms and interoffice mail used to need people to shepherd them about. The total net productivity, at least for me, even factoring in the time I may spend surfing the news at work, is still much, much greater than any time I lose looking at slashdot, yahoo, or the New York Times.
If they are open source projects he now has the time to work on them without the distraction of having to earn a living. Far from stalling both should move forward now at warp speed.
I'd be happy to get 1/10th of "$10,000 - 20,000" myself.