When your buddy calls you with the inside track on a new job...

And the link at the bottom of the description directs you to apply on their HTTP website, which asks for your full social security number....

Do I really want to take this on?

Find more posts tagged with

Comments

MontagueVandervort

I would never enter my Social on a non-encrypted webpage.

Put a fake one in and then explain the situation later, if applicable.

Ertaz

MontagueVandervort said:

I would never enter my Social on a non-encrypted webpage.

Put a fake one in and then explain the situation later, if applicable.

Right. But if that is on their publicly facing web server, then, if I do get in, its very likely symptomatic of some larger problems I’ll be saddled with later on.

MontagueVandervort

Ertaz said:

Right. But if that is on their publicly facing web server, then, if I do get in, its very likely symptomatic of some larger problems I’ll be saddled with later on.

I get you. It goes to show how used to I am working in places where there is "some larger problems". I don't even pause as it's mainly like that everywhere (here).

Danielm7

Do they have an https version that your friend didn't link to?

Ertaz

Danielm7 said:

Do they have an https version that your friend didn't link to?

Ha. No...

thomas_

I ran into it once, I decided not to apply.

Tekn0logy

back away from the keyboard, real slow...

DatabaseHead

How much does it pay? Is the juice worth the squeeze?

Ertaz

DatabaseHead said:

How much does it pay? Is the juice worth the squeeze?

We haven't talked price yet. It would have to be a lot of juice....

DatabaseHead

Until you can provide those numbers, I got nothing for you.......

Ertaz

DatabaseHead said:

Until you can provide those numbers, I got nothing for you.......

It's not a one for one fit with what I do now. I may have to charm them a bit to get them interested, then a bit more once I convince them I'm what they want....