To take nothing away from this gentleman and his accomplishments, but consider if this timeline seems plausible: 1. Works in IT, daily faces all kinds of probl

To take nothing away from this gentleman and his accomplishments, but consider if this timeline seems plausible: 1. Works in IT, daily faces all kinds of problems. 2. Quits job to make a software product 3. Suddenly realizes: I should make a product for the problems I faced back when I worked in IT! I'm not a lawyer. I don't know the true circumstances of what happened here. But, it's much cleaner and makes it much more unlikely for his former employer to come back at him if the narrative is: "I left. I was struck with inspiration the next day" than "While I was working for this other place, I built a prototype that I thought would work. When I was sure it did, I quit."