A couple years ago I had to sign a similar agreement at a previous job. The problem with mine was that the company was a fairly large one which had completed n

A couple years ago I had to sign a similar agreement at a previous job. The problem with mine was that the company was a fairly large one which had completed numerous acquisitions in the last decade or so. Every little company they acquired had some product that was "out in left field" relative to what their core business was. So as these smaller firms were consolidated, this company ended up with all sorts of little businesses out there that I could never account for. I couldn't confidently say what was or was not related to their business or R&D, so I just stayed out of doing side projects out of fear of getting sued and felt pretty unfulfilled. I ended up just quitting that job and going to work somewhere that I didn't have to sign any assignment agreement.