>This isn't really the _reason_ that companies have these kinds of policies though I think it's fair to say that there are multiple reasons. The one you listed

>This isn't really the _reason_ that companies have these kinds of policies though I think it's fair to say that there are multiple reasons. The one you listed is definitely one of them. Joel Spolsky wrote about this a few months ago: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-projects/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-pr...