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It probably doesn't exist, or he really is that paranoid. Either way, this sounds like a toxic situation and you probably don't want to be there long-term.

Yeah he’s extremely paranoid. He explicitly said I don’t want you to see the code because you may save it somewhere else and also said “If I were you, I would totally do that”

So what are working on without having access to the code?

I have been just working on isolated helper functions

leave, or sign a contract that allows you to see it, and work with it.

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