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Well for one they need to show up in person. They can't be some anon anime character who hides their identity for totally legitimate reasons.
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
Well for one they need to show up in person. They can't be some anon anime character who hides their identity for totally legitimate reasons.
- dijit 2y agoIt's extremely easy for a three-letter agency or similar to plant a new employee. Corporate espionage may not be talked about very much, but it is still very fashionable. Even without state sponsored attackers.
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- toast0 2y agoAs an employee, I've typically needed to show up in person, but I've worked with contractors who never showed up in person. I've even been such a contractor at times. Lots of commercial products use contractors and licensed code in the final product. At least with most open source projects, a lot of the contribution process is in the open, so you could watch it you wanted to. As DonHopkins writes elsewhere, few people do, but it's possible. Not a lot of commercial projects offer that level of transparency into changes.
- kstrauser 2y agoI worked at my current job for 3 months before I met a coworker in person. That might slightly help at a legacy butts-in-seats factory, but doesn't do a lot for remote jobs. I could be proxying in from Romania for all they'd know.