A former co-worker reached out asking for examples from a project we worked on together. The thing is, he left the company early in the project, well before the product was released. I am somewhat annoyed that he would reach out after 3 years of silence asking for help. And, I don't feel it would be honest for him to put that work into his portfolio. On the other hand, it doesn't really hurt me to help him.

Thoughts? Blow him off? Or, help him out?

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Why put in the effort when he didn’t lol?

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move to trash. you don’t owe them anything.

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Update - I went ahead and sent him a link. I figured that it was publicly available information and better to keep the contact intact just in case we crossed paths again.

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