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Often the majority of a programmer's portfolio is code that is intellectual property of former employers and they can't show it around. In fact, most times they
by facorreia 14y ago
Often the majority of a programmer's portfolio is code that is intellectual property of former employers and they can't show it around. In fact, most times they're not supposed to have that code in their personal laptops.
- hga 14y agoIndeed. Some of my portfolio is from dead companies where I got permission from the rights holder, some is where I got permission to use a few foundational files that showed e.g. how I do things to improve error reporting and debugging but none of the company's secret sauce. But neither would have been possible without my having been in the field for a long time.
- randomdata 14y agoIn my experience, companies are more interested in the code you wrote for fun as hobby than professionally anyway. As long as you have not been encumbered by a "all code you write is owned by us" clause for your entire life, there should still be lots to show.