Non-competes suck. You have a few options when leaving a company: * Get the blessing of the old employer to work at the new company. * Work around the res

Non-competes suck. You have a few options when leaving a company: * Get the blessing of the old employer to work at the new company. * Work around the restrictions (geographic area, industry, list of companies, ...) * Fight it. * Ignore it, ensure the new company will too, and hope for the best. Anecdotally, I've heard of companies sending out cease and desist letters. The letters were ignored by the new employer/employee and it went no further. Compare that to this: http://www.cnet.com/news/calif-supreme-court-finds-noncompete-clauses-invalid/ http://www.cnet.com/news/calif-supreme-court-finds-noncompet...