We originally locked the account down to try and keep her safe.
With commuication off and the account limited to only th Roblox verified games we thought we were okay.
It turns out that even in those games there’s usually an ability to change a “nickname” which allows users to chat by just updating their nickname.
As a dev I know how straight forward it would be to stop this frok happening.
Upon discovering the problem I contacted Roblox support and we pulled the kid out of Roblox.
Fyi; roblox support is not good, when the problem relates to child safety they pull all the classic tricks to make it seem like a “you” problem. They blame the third party “experience” developer, despite the game being vouched for by roblox. They close tickets after a short period with no response. They also treat this widespread issue (using nicknames to chat) as an individual breach of ts & cs, rather than fixing thr problem. Blaming the end user, who’s usually younger than 12.
Given the age of my and other kids I’d assume they’re violating GDPR & other global data protection laws on a regular basis.
For jumping into new codebases I stick to the Jetbrains toolbox because it’s usually a consistent enough environment to investigate a new codebase. I also greatly appreciate the indexing.
In the UK all of my final stage interviews had me bring in an ID and National Insurance Number for a photocopy for their records. Has been for over a decade.
Seems a simple enough solution, it’s expected and it’s something the company needs in order to pay me. It’s not a start of interview hostile question, it’s usually something we sort out in the formalities, along with what equipment I’ll need or be using, sorting out ID photos.
What’s your alternative tracking mechanism? And what does it report?
Truth is you might be so good because you’re not at scale, they may be looking to scale you up which is great... you just have to get them the numbers.
Jira as a tool sucks dicks for pennies (trust me i’ve seen it)
Jira is however customisable as fuck, so if you’re being forced into it then get admin! Stick to a simple workflow, basic practices. Jira falls short with the amount of munging people do to it, at the minute my team has a 9 column board with 5+ projects on it... that’s not how it’s meant to be done and it drags time out of my day.
So by all means if you’re tracking already, demonstrate that (as long as it’s not a damn spreadsheet). If you can’t get them what they need then question why Jira. If you have to use it then get admin and make the tool work for your current process.