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Re:As an Employee, You Are Disposable (2023) by rat9988 on Friday July 12, 2024 @05:07AM (#40943910)
>I really don't get why developers sometimes go out of their way to help their employer keep their code proprietary

I don't do it because I am helpful, but because I'm paid to do so.

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Re:As an Employee, You Are Disposable (2023) by palata on Friday July 12, 2024 @05:52AM (#40944112)
You're paid to produce code, not to fight against open sourcing it.
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Re:As an Employee, You Are Disposable (2023) by tiborsaas on Friday July 12, 2024 @06:16AM (#40944205)
Not really, code is a means to an end, we are paid to solve problems and sometimes it translates to writing or deleting code.
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Re:As an Employee, You Are Disposable (2023) by palata on Friday July 12, 2024 @04:55PM (#40949347)
You're being pedantic here, but missing the point. The parent implies that they "go out of their way to keep their employer's code proprietary" because they are paid for it.

I was merely noting that they are not paid for that. They are paid to [solve problems] (which I expressed as "write code").

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