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And you took the job? Why?

• gknoy 10y ago
  When looking for a job, one does not always feel in a position to turn down a job offer, especially when one does not already have a competing bid.
• khedoros1 10y ago
  In my case, these are the justifications that I came up with (in no particular order): 1. I liked the people 2. The technology was interesting 3. I felt like I needed to break into the industry as a fresh grad 4. Every other company I'd interviewed with had a similar clause 5. The side projects that I work on are strictly non-commercial, for my own education, tend to be difficult to monetize legally, and have nothing to do with anything that my employer is interested in. 6. (found out later) My employer doesn't enforce its anti-competition clauses or try to take over IP that employees develop on the side. I haven't regretted it in 8 years, although I'd imagine that a lot of the people on HN would be a lot more entrepreneurial than me.