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I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by wavemode »

lukan wrote: post #34
chatmasta wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IANAL, but it’s almost certainly legal, as long as all parties involved adhere to the applicable non-disclosure agreements, non-compete agreements, and intellectual property provisions of their employment contracts. Even then it’s likely to remain a civil matter in most cases. Companies can sue each other for nearly anything, so any level of this behavior could result in a lawsuit. It wouldn’t cross the line into cri…

"to have employees that they send off to get hired at other companies, do some stuff in those companies that are beneficial to their actual employer, and then leave before the probationary period ends." To me that sounds like not disclosing, that they work also for another company and this certainly ain't legal on most jurisdictions.

Can you cite the relevant law? I've never heard of it being illegal in the US to not tell your job that you have another job.

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by wavemode »

bmacho wrote: post #31
wavemode wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'd achieve more by simply telling the company that you need a certain feature added to their product. If you're an important customer for them, you could probably negotiate a price for them to prioritize the work.

I think we'd probably better off with the previous idea: just work for them for a period.

I'm speaking from the perspective of company A, who needs a feature added to company B's product.

They could send their engineers to work for company B, sure, but those engineers' time is still costing money. And those engineers are completely unfamiliar with B's codebase, so they won't work as efficiently. Might as well just pay company B directly for the feature work.

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by troupo »

kulahan wrote: post #19
11Spades wrote: post #18

It's hilarious to see the old joke actually playing out in real life. Kudos! On a meta note; would you consider adding a left margin to your site? Reading from the very edge of my screen feels somewhat strange.

Clicking through the links in his article, I came across a guy who apparently did the same thing at Apple - he introduced the "auto remove" feature for expired passes added to your wallet, then promptly quit. I had no idea that's how that feature came about, but now I'm going to send a little mental thank you to him every time I get off a plane. That shit was FRUSTRATING.

> he introduced the "auto remove" feature for expired passes added to your wallet, then promptly quit

This still didn't work reliably, unfortunately. I still have expired passes, tickets etc. in my wallet

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by [deleted] »

lukan wrote: post #34
chatmasta wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IANAL, but it’s almost certainly legal, as long as all parties involved adhere to the applicable non-disclosure agreements, non-compete agreements, and intellectual property provisions of their employment contracts. Even then it’s likely to remain a civil matter in most cases. Companies can sue each other for nearly anything, so any level of this behavior could result in a lawsuit. It wouldn’t cross the line into cri…

"to have employees that they send off to get hired at other companies, do some stuff in those companies that are beneficial to their actual employer, and then leave before the probationary period ends." To me that sounds like not disclosing, that they work also for another company and this certainly ain't legal on most jurisdictions.

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Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

#46

Post by Rendello »

troupo wrote: post #44
kulahan wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clicking through the links in his article, I came across a guy who apparently did the same thing at Apple - he introduced the "auto remove" feature for expired passes added to your wallet, then promptly quit. I had no idea that's how that feature came about, but now I'm going to send a little mental thank you to him every time I get off a plane. That shit was FRUSTRATING.

> he introduced the "auto remove" feature for expired passes added to your wallet, then promptly quit This still didn't work reliably, unfortunately. I still have expired passes, tickets etc. in my wallet

Well, now you know the drill!

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by Vilian »

skeptrune wrote: post #36
nixpulvis wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe you should get hired by OP and fix it yourself ;)

Site is actually open source lol - https://github.com/skeptrunedev/personal-site

>Get hired by github > force push the pr > get fired > profit

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

11Spades wrote: post #18

It's hilarious to see the old joke actually playing out in real life. Kudos! On a meta note; would you consider adding a left margin to your site? Reading from the very edge of my screen feels somewhat strange.

> On a meta note; would you consider adding a left margin to your site? Reading from the very edge of my screen feels somewhat strange.

What!? I love the fact that it's left-aligned. That's the way text should be!

Re: I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

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Post by llbbdd »

cosmic_quanta wrote: post #4

> It reminds me of George Hotz’s legendary single week at Twitter in 2022, where he joined just to fix a login popup that was bothering users, then bounced. The author remembers this, uh, event differently than I remember it... George Hotz boldly claimed that he could "fix Twitter search" faster than those lazy Twitter devs, only to bail almost immediately. Hubris! On the way out, he removed that login popup as a sor…

Yeah, what? He seemingly joined Twitter, did fuck-all and quietly bounced. Embarrassing and completely self-inflicted.
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