>One frustration I've had recently is the number of companies encouraging or requiring code in the public sphere.
This unfortunately isn't just a trend on programming. I've run into the worrying trend of marketing roles or contracts requiring live walk throughs of running ad accounts of current clients so people can vett you...uh what? As if NDAs don't exist or you just plain don't feel comfortable sharing client data and marketing secrets you're suddenly unhireable.
I could see a company trying this with a calibrated amount of effort, and congratulating you on not giving up client secrets, treating it as a positive thing. If you'd have given them client secrets, they'd boot you (potentially right then and there).
This unfortunately isn't just a trend on programming. I've run into the worrying trend of marketing roles or contracts requiring live walk throughs of running ad accounts of current clients so people can vett you...uh what? As if NDAs don't exist or you just plain don't feel comfortable sharing client data and marketing secrets you're suddenly unhireable.