I have SQL, VBA, and SAS code I've created that I want to save for future reference if I leave / get let go. None of it is confidential or contain PII or anything, I just want to be able to reference all of the coding I've spend countless time on as a reference.
Is this permissible? I know I can email it to my personal email, but can I get in trouble?
Scanning outbound emails for this sort of thing is insider threat 101. And this is a main use case that they are after. If you send it in email, you’ll get an automated message in a minute or two with your manager copied saying that a potential policy violation has been detected. The wheels will turn from there. If there’s no PII or customer info, you may not get immediately terminated. Hard to guess of course.
Take pics — if you email it , it will get noticed .
Why copy it? You are using AI to generate your code -- aren't you?
If not you are already behind most of your peers.
Note, AI won't take your job, someone using AI will.
Email it or from your work pc, logon to drop box
Take a photo with smartphone
Latest AI phones can extract the code in the photo.
Freaking Amazing
All reference code I have is in a single doc I could print. A project-specific code file pages long is useless. You need to save the gems as you go along.
VBA? SAS? Is that a dial-up modem I hear off in the distance too? All that's missing is a dot matrix printer and a Milli Vanilli album. If your next interview is outside of Wells, your interviewer likely won't even know what VBA or SAS are. And if it's a phone interview, they'll think you're 70 years old.
I wouldn't worry about SQL. The internet is awash with SQL info.
If it's just some functions that are useful but complicated, and you don't use them a lot, then just transcribe the useful bits into a notepad app on your personal phone or laptop. You likely don't need the entirety of your code, so this shouldn't take too long.
No problem. I do it all the time.
They won't fire you or even know.
Go for it.
Think of how a potential employer would view your taking code from your pervious employer.
Good way to get yourself fired.
Anything you create on a WF machine is WF's property and you are not allowed to take it. There are ways you could get around this but none of them fit with the corporate stance due to legal issues.
just use chat gpt if you need code reference
There are always ways. If you are smart enough to code...
Just print it out
If you have to ask this question, you will prob be gone soon.
You will 100% be fired if you email your bank of code from your WF computer to a personal email.