Honest question: What's the purpose of the throwaway account for this? Is there some blow-back that you expect from this? Is there some NDA that precludes you from even talking about it years later? Do you think it reflects negatively on your years later?
>> The Symbian documentation team was tiny, perhaps 20 people at most. At an offsite we would pretty much fit round two tables at most. ... Source: I was there.
> What's the purpose of the throwaway account for this?
My guess is they want keep their other account pseudonymous, and admitting that they were one of a specific team of 20 people at a specific company goes a long way towards unambiguously identifying them. At a minimum, one of their teammates could probably ID them.
I'm not the person, but I had an HN leaderboard member pitch a tantrum at me about a programming opinion on here, and imply that my opinions were representative of my employer. It's a good reason to stay pseudonymous.
Another good reason, and a good reminder that popularity, status and/or power does not automatically rid a person of the human foibles that plague us all.
Ah, that's true, good point. As someone that has mentioned more than enough information to definitively identify myself online with this account, I guess I've adjusted enough that I didn't even consider that.
