An employee on the work clock? Of course he is representing the company. If I see someone and they have a uniform then they are representing their company. They might be representing themself as well (personal reputation) but they are also representing their employer and their actions reflect on the company.
I think Trump is a piece of shit but you are in the wrong in this regard.
If you are in the USA and are on public assistance, then https://pcsrefurbished.com/sales/salesHome is a great place, especially for laptops. My last laptop from here is a HP Zbook 15 Fury G8 with a Nvidia RTX A2000 for $175.
Apex Engine will offer optional AI tools for developers, including game developers. It's under very heavy development so won't really be available for a few years or so.
Tailscale is a virtual private network (VPN). It connects everything together that is connected to it as though they are all in the same place. You might be physically at your in-laws house but your device is communicating with a private network over your in-laws' network.
I suspect that the professor was trying to make it so that people would put some effort in instead of just giving up and lying.