Ethics question. <
[2023-11-26 05:54:24 AM] : Ethics question. <big brand> hires an agency to do some work. Agency subcontracts the work to a freelancer. Can the freelancer put the big brands logo on their website, and say “I've worked with…”
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[2023-11-26 10:50:54 AM] : Feels more like a legal question than ethics to me. Many contacts spell out how or if you are allowed to use the company names. If it is not spelled out, I would ask before I used it.
In my personal marketing, I give vague descriptions on my website but do name-drop in person-to-person conversations.
• Built OAuth and API consumption logic against Google and Microsoft Graph for a company in the security observation space. • Ongoing maintenance and enhancements to a HIPAA-compliant healthcare platform spanning mobile apps, admin web, and GraphQL. • Helped a text and voice communications team replace an Ember UI with LiveView, including a stepped wizard experience, client-side S3 uploads, and CSV processing. • Contributed to a large e-commerce platform’s migration from Java to Elixir, including individual contributions related to Facebook API integrations alongside heavy mentoring of previous Java team members new to Elixir.Good luck. [2023-11-28 05:24:30 PM] : I think it’s ok, as long as the freelancer isn’t claiming the client as theirs. It’s probably smart to ask for permission like Mike said, but I personally don’t.