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Profiling Past Experiences

If I start a new company, is it okay to profile work that I have done at my past jobs?As an example, let's say that I used to work as a software developer at Smog Creek Software.If I form a new company and am submitting a proposal to get work, is it okay for me to profile software projects that I worked on at my previous job, assuming that I:1) Noted that I worked on the project while employed...

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Re:Ask HN: My Bio on Ex-Employer's Website on Monday September 28, 2009 @01:33PM (#848816)
I guess one issue here is that I don't see how removing my name from their website prevents them from continuing to service their clients or direct their queries to the correct person.
Re:Ask HN: My Bio on Ex-Employer's Website on Monday September 28, 2009 @12:59PM (#848750)
Your answer seems extremely biased.

So from your perspective, an employer should be able to use and/or profit off of it's former employee's identity and reputation indefinitely after that employee leaves?

Ask HN: My Bio on Ex-Employer's Website

I resigned from my job a few weeks ago but my employer has kept my name and profile on their website. They have also kept my name set up on their voice prompt system. Based on my experiences at the company when other employees had left, I assume that they have kept these two indicators of my presence in place so that incoming requests for myself can be "funneled" to the right person to alert...

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Re:The CRTC tries to eliminate ISP competition in Canada on Thursday September 24, 2009 @04:17PM (#842070)
The sector may be anti-competitive but it certainly hasn't stifled innovation, at least not across the board. The province I live in is almost the size of Texas with about 1/24 of Texas' population. Yet we'll have 100% broadband penetration by 2011.

Ask HN: Former Co-Workers Jumping Ship?

I recently resigned from my job and at my former place of employment, there are two co-workers who would like to "jump ship" from the company and join me in my new venture as co-founders. They don't see a future with that company and do not want to be a part of it any more.I have not asked nor pressured them to make that decision, though these individuals are people whom are talented and whom I...

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