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> "standards" like GitHub. GitHub is a for profit American company owned by Microsoft. They are beholden to no one other than their board, share holders, and U
by posnet 5y ago
> "standards" like GitHub.
GitHub is a for profit American company owned by Microsoft. They are beholden to no one other than their board, share holders, and US export control laws. Do not make the mistake of thinking they offer free repository hosting out of good will or altruism.
- tester756 5y agoI never said that they aren't doing it for money, but the giant majority of developers uses GH, thus it makes is some kind of standard. On job interviews they ask you about your GH (by default)
- toastal 5y agoThat's some bullshit IMO. The interviewers should ask for your Git forge(s) and not specify platform. I recently helped a team doing interviews and I had them do this. Did they get only GitHub links? Yes, but this didn't exclude anyone nor did it implicitly promote a platform and all candidates seemed to understand.
- tester756 5y agoOk, my bad on this saying that recruiters suggest GH, but What is one popular advice that people wanting to enter the industry do receive? - put some stuff on *gh*, very often.