The suggestions of things not to do when you are in a contract thread

[up4it]

Lucy: Does that include Managers? ;-)

[Lucy]

Lucy: Does that include Managers? ;-)

Especially managers. (with a small m)

[moorfield]

Plug in a USB pen drive onto clients network and copy over their entire source code tree not realising this is being monitored

[PorkPie]

Plug in a USB pen drive onto clients network and copy over their entire source code tree not realising this is being monitored

How is this monitored? Some manner of port sniffing?

[Chugnut]

How is this monitored? Some manner of port sniffing?

Ha Ha! How worried do you sound!?

[moorfield]

How is this monitored? Some manner of port sniffing?

No idea. I got a call from some bod the next morning asking why I had been copying several hundred .java files onto a USB drive. It had flagged up on some log file somewhere apparently. I made up some excuse about needing a copy of the code for doing overnight support from home.

[DaveB]

How is this monitored? Some manner of port sniffing?

Easy, if the code is stored in a properly controlled vault they can see all the access and transactions on the code in real time. Copying source code from the vault to another location rather than checking it out for editing and checking it back in will ring alarm bells.

[thunderlizard]

Don't type PWRDNSYS OPTION(*IMMED) RESTART(*NO) and hit enter on a production machine.

I just tried that out and it was harmless. The wavy red spelling line appeared, and the little paperclip man made some imaginitive suggestions, but nothing worse than that.

[SallyAnne]

Marry the boss!

Oh, actually, that's a good thing to do

[HairyArsedBloke]

Leaving personal trading statements on your desk while you go coffee/jimmy for a manager with Peter Principle syndrome to read.