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I recently posted on various rails job sites about a new open position available on BiggerPockets (BTW – If you’re a ruby on rails developer and are looking for work, please get in touch ASAP!).
In going through the various replies, I came upon one that seemed interesting, but the developer didn’t supply me with access to any code on GitHub or otherwise, to review. I sent a follow up asking for him to provide me with some code and as part of his response, he wrote:
In case you couldn’t read it (and yes, I removed his name and the name of the repos to protect the guilty), here it is again:
I have two repos xxx which is public you can use it. Another one is xxxxxxx which I will like you to keep confidential as I am under NDA, please do send me your git-hub account so that I can give you access to this repo.
So, in the name of satisfying a potential employer (me) who wants a sample of his code, this joker thinks that sharing an NDA protected selection of code and asking me to “keep it confidential” will endear him to me? He just violated the trust of a previous contract!
Yes, there really are people that stupid out there.
Yes, there are people who would have taken him up on the offer.
Don’t be that stupid guy or the guy who takes him up on it.
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I agree with your policy entirely. If anyone is so easily willing to betray his current employer then they will just as easily betray you next.
So, in the name of satisfying a potential employer (me) who wants a sample of his code, this joker thinks that sharing an NDA protected selection of code and asking me to “keep it confidential” will endear him to me? He just violated the trust of a previous contract!
Yes, there really are people that stupid out there.
Yes, there are people who would have taken him up on the offer.
Don’t be that stupid guy or the guy who takes him up on it
I agree with your policy entirely. thank you for sharing this blog
Amazing… it’s always a nightmare looking for new staff but you have to admit it is funny to see just how stupid some people are when they are trying to get a job.
Thanks for sharing this, it did make me chuckle
Unfortunately, people are unreliable as well. I agree with your policy entirely.