I think this sort of collective action is unlikely. Why do they bother you so much? Watching someone code is a pretty good way to see how they think about a p

I think this sort of collective action is unlikely. Why do they bother you so much? Watching someone code is a pretty good way to see how they think about a problem. Seems pretty straightforward that if you want to hire someone to do a thing, you might want to see how they do the thing first. Evaluating based on past projects is tough because you don't know if/how much help they've had from collaborators. Could have forked someone elses project and renamed it. A surprisingly high number of people apply to software jobs who literally don't know how to code.