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Canadian game developer fired after spoofing call-center workplace

Hot or not: 10 tech trends for 2013

F5 introduces new integrated firewall capability for the data center

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January 31, 2013
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Canadian game developer fired after spoofing call-center workplace

An independent game developer recently got fired from his day job at the Canadian Revenue Agency after releasing a satirical depiction of his apparently aggravating and unfulfilling call-center job.

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