Google3 monorepo source isn't, by policy, supposed to leave the corp network workstations, and can't even be on your corporate provided laptop (except for some edge cases in mobile apps dev). Even during full COVID lockdown WFH we had to remote into our machines. (I worked on embedded stuff and had to compile on my office workstation, scp the binaries home, and flash my device, and repeat. Super slow cycle.)
So, anyways, source code being basically on-premise only and on machines that they can fully audit and control... Would you be stupid enough to "cp -r srccheckout /media/MYUSBSTICK" on such a box?
Also believe it or not they used to have a very open internal culture at Google because the bulk of employees genuinely liked the company and its stated mission and there was a bit of a social contract that seemed to be upheld. Stuff didn't generally leak out of the wide open all hands, even. Past tense.
So, anyways, source code being basically on-premise only and on machines that they can fully audit and control... Would you be stupid enough to "cp -r srccheckout /media/MYUSBSTICK" on such a box?
Also believe it or not they used to have a very open internal culture at Google because the bulk of employees genuinely liked the company and its stated mission and there was a bit of a social contract that seemed to be upheld. Stuff didn't generally leak out of the wide open all hands, even. Past tense.