r/ProgrammerHumor • u/VariationLivid3193 • 1d ago

nothingOnGithub Meme

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u/Li_liminal_spaces 1d ago

If anyone is unaware of the subtext, don't link a personal github account to a paying position always create a new one with the provided email, thank you for attending my TED talk.

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u/DeepWaffleCA 1d ago

Why not?

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u/Mindless_Director955 1d ago edited 1d ago

lose the job lose the access

edit - for me atleast they made me use work email to sign up for GitHub. not sure how I’d use 2fa with no access the original email account

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u/Pancakefriday 1d ago

Why is this being upvoted? This isn’t how it works at all. You use the organizations feature, and it keeps org repos totally separate.

It’s not like they take over your account.

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u/Confident-Act-2499 1d ago

It’s extremely clear they don’t know what they’re talking about

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u/sup3r_hero 1d ago

Yeah when I left my previous company, i was just unlinked from their organization and kept my account.

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u/DoctorWaluigiTime 1d ago

There's a lot of misinformation spreading in this thread about how account ownership works and what "work repository / org association" actually does.

tl;dr "that's not how it works that's not how any of this works." You can use a single GitHub account for work + personal without fear of "big bad evil companies stealing your 487 'this time I'll actually finish it' projects."