Re:We Only Hire the Trendiest (2016)
by perl4ever on Thursday December 12, 2019 @10:32PM
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"And as for an organization who says: "Absolutely NO public code of yours on Github or you're fired." First, who are these orgs?"
Well, Fortune 500 companies. But your caricature isn't a literal description. They force you to sign a long document in legalese that says they own everything you make from when you're hired to when you leave, and then people basically ignore it except in very unusual circumstances, because do you really think a company like that has employees that do anything interesting outside their job? Nor is HR going to go above and beyond if nothing makes them. But the agreements exist, and hang over you, and have a chilling effect.
Well, Fortune 500 companies. But your caricature isn't a literal description. They force you to sign a long document in legalese that says they own everything you make from when you're hired to when you leave, and then people basically ignore it except in very unusual circumstances, because do you really think a company like that has employees that do anything interesting outside their job? Nor is HR going to go above and beyond if nothing makes them. But the agreements exist, and hang over you, and have a chilling effect.