[kdmccormick]

For open- or closed-source work?

If I'm doing open source coding, whether professional or not, I'd always want that associated with my personal GH account.

[bluefirebrand]

If I'm being paid by an employer to do it, it doesn't go on my personal anything, period

I don't own that code so I don't associate it with personal accounts

But I've never done open source work for an employer either

[maxcoder4]

I also only use a separate account for open source work for my employer. There are multiple benefits:

* My employer has no say in my private account. They can't force my to change my private bio or profile name, for example

* It's clear which code I authored as a part of my employment and which I did on my own after hours (extremely important for me).

* I work in IT security do I should give an example :). Some projects my company hosts on GH are not public (yes), or some projects I have access to because of my work. I shouldn't touch them after I leave my current company, or access them from private devices.