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In most industries, this is not a red flag at all. Nobody doing anything serious would let normal applicants look openly at their codebase.
by aratno 10y ago
In most industries, this is not a red flag at all. Nobody doing anything serious would let normal applicants look openly at their codebase.
- Etheryte 10y agoYou don't have to (and should not) request access to the whole codebase, simply asking to see a single medium sized file from a project you would be expected to work with is often enough. I've asked for this before with great success, some companies will ask you to sign a short NDA beforehand, most don't even bother. Sure, it leaves the chance that they will simply show you the pretty parts, but at least you'll know that there are some pretty parts at the very least.
- abulman 10y agoMuch of the time, the software isn't what makes for a great company - it's how that software makes the business work. A company can have the best code in the world, but if Uber had no cars, AirBNB had no houses, or Facebook didn't have your friends - they would be pointless.