[throwaway_symb]

The Symbian documentation team was tiny, perhaps 20 people at most. At an offsite we would pretty much fit round two tables at most. As always you get what you pay for.

Even so the Symbian team did some pretty cool things such as creating open source documentation standards for C++ and the tools to support that.

Source: I was there.

[kbenson]

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?

[CharlesColeman]

>> 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.

[x0x0]

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.

[kbenson]

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.

[kbenson]

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.

[saagarjha]

In addition to the other reasons mentioned here, they might not want to be known as a person who leaks things under NDA to future employers.