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by caminante 822 days ago
Not making sense.

These anon devs can still have socials.

Their resume is public, and you can reach them without revealing their identity.

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Do they expect a company to believe them when they say "Yes, that anonymous social profile is actually me, John Emu maker. Really." Then if they proove it, by logging in and posting a known sentinel for example, do they expect everyone on that interview loop to keep their secret?

Companies generally don't take anonymous credentials.

You're arguing with the parent, not me.

"How does someone break the circularity of building a resume and staying anonymous for legal employment?"

Even if the anonymous developer submitted the resume, they are giving the employer the power to dox them. There is a lot of trust there.
This is a little too risky since it could wind up with someone revealing their identity inadvertently or otherwise. If you truly want to be anonymous you should not be leaving so many breadcrumbs. All it takes is for a former employer to have a security breach and someone to point out that they found your real identity.
You said "resume piece."

Now, you say any posting can reveal their identity and is too risky.

These are mutually exclusive.

If you're trying to be anonymous yes, if you're not, then it doesn't matter.

Sometimes the reverse engineering community leans somewhere between gray and blackhat. You may not want to expose your actual identity.

We're talking about building and releasing anonymously.

Your responses are talking past this.