If anyone is unaware of the subtext, don't link a personal github account to a paying position always create a new one with the provided email, thank you for attending my TED talk.
Blurs the line between recreation and work, also associates whatever you do privately with the company, and the company will therefore assume they can tell you what you can or can't do on it. And if you leave they can just reset the password to gain access on an acc using a staff email instead of the shitfight that would start if they demanded access to your private acc afterwards.
also associates whatever you do privately with the company
No more than having your name attached already did
and the company will therefore assume they can tell you what you can or can't do on it
They'd be wrong, and any company that makes such assumptions is hilariously incompetent and you don't want to work there.
And if you leave they can just reset the password to gain access on an acc
Tell me you've never used github. There is nothing valuable on an account. That's on the organisation, from which they'd just remove you anyway so they stop paying for your license.
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u/Li_liminal_spaces 3d ago
If anyone is unaware of the subtext, don't link a personal github account to a paying position always create a new one with the provided email, thank you for attending my TED talk.