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This was totally biased bs. Not all companies try to own all your intellectual work and if they do then look for a new employer. And in 99.9% of cases it's supe
by dustinmoris 10y ago
This was totally biased bs. Not all companies try to own all your intellectual work and if they do then look for a new employer. And in 99.9% of cases it's super easy to understand what is related work and what is not. If your company builds an online casino and you write code for a slot from 9-5 then the next social network, airbnb or uber you do at home is completely unrelated. Only a total jerk would try to claim the right on such a side project and only an even greater jerk would try to justify it with a biased blog post.
- yoz-y 10y agoYou have obviously never tried to find a job in France. All big companies and laboratories will make you sign a no-compete agreement which encapsulates 100% of any code you could write. Even most startups do so. It is a shitty situation.
- dustinmoris 10y agoYou are right I never worked in France. I worked at many companies and I never had anything like this in my contract. The only standard thing I get every time is to not be able to work on anything that directly competes with my employer.
- yoz-y 10y agoThe problem is that the "direct competition" is too vague of a term to rely on. If you work in a services company, then practically any code is competing with them. If you work for a startup, then they can pivot at any time. The one concession I got was that I can negotiate the ownership of code I do outside work case by case.