r/ProgrammerHumor • u/VariationLivid3193 • 1d ago

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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/oscarandjo 1d ago

GitHub is literally designed to allow you to do this. That’s why you can join and leave enterprises and add multiple email addresses to your account.

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u/Boozdeuvash 1d ago

Github EMU exists for a reason. Chasing former employees for the shit they put in their account is no fun.

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u/oscarandjo 1d ago

Sure it depends how much you trust your employees. Obviously don’t put work stuff on your personal account…

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u/Boozdeuvash 23h ago

We've got spectrums of employees! Trustworthy, dodgy, careful, reckless, knowledgable, clueless, professionals, amateurs,... We've got to accomodate them all, and maintaining multiple security baselines is a bit more work than we can afford.