Actually, that's a very interesting question - your prior knowledge in a field, particularly if you've paid for your education, might become significantly more

Actually, that's a very interesting question - your prior knowledge in a field, particularly if you've paid for your education, might become significantly more valuable if a non-compete is implemented. Valuable enough perhaps to refuse Nuance the right to use your work. Of course, the counter-argument there is that they paid you for your work, and that's why it's their property. It may follow that if the work is theirs and you can't use it, then surely your student loan in its entirety would also be their responsibility for just that reason. Shame I have more important problems to solve in the meantime, that idea could be quite fascinating to work through.