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The law isn't obscure at all, it's a fundamental part of employment law that separates California from many other states. And saying it's due to tech VC is say
by wfo 10y ago
The law isn't obscure at all, it's a fundamental part of employment law that separates California from many other states.
And saying it's due to tech VC is saying there's a lot of tech success due to the overabundance of tech success.
People who work at a company can quit and start a startup, even in the same industry, carrying with them their hard-won expertise. Without a legal cloud over their heads which will scare away investment.
- pjlegato 10y ago"Obscure" does not mean "unimportant." It means few people know about it. I've lived in San Francisco and worked in the tech industry here for 10 years, during which time I've discussed this exact law with numerous people in many different roles. I can count on one hand the number of people who had heard of it before I told them. Since almost nobody (here or elsewhere) knows that this law even exists, it's reasonable to conclude that it is not a significant factor in the development of the local tech industry. Moreover, all of the large tech concerns whose profits fund those VC firms would be much better off without this law and are openly against it. See, for example, the anti-employee poaching ring that Steve Jobs set up.