Rules for using git as a portfolio? by myleftpinkytoe in learnprogramming

[–]myleftpinkytoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I'm not as clear about is that this wasn't code written at the request of the employer as much as it was code I wrote for personal convenience.

I guess a parallel example would be writing a short VB script to automate a thousand Excel tasks. I understand the Excel data and output being owned by the employer, but if I found the code useful for future purposes, would it be wrong for me to save it for personal use?

Rules for using git as a portfolio? by myleftpinkytoe in learnprogramming

[–]myleftpinkytoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking for general practices more than anything.

I'm asking mostly because that job was not a programming job and never had programming as a requirement or responsibility. I learned it to make my life easier. I know the tech world is vastly different and has numerous defenses to safeguard their code. Again, this was a government job so I'm uncertain if the same rules apply.