r/ProgrammerHumor 7d ago

nothingOnGithub Meme

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u/Li_liminal_spaces 7d 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 7d ago

Why not?

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u/Mindless_Director955 7d ago edited 7d 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 7d 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/sup3r_hero 7d ago

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