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they are companies directly competing...it is very possible AMD engineer could bring proprietary information to INTEL. as in this literally recently happened

they are companies directly competing...it is very possible AMD engineer could bring proprietary information to INTEL. as in this literally recently happened and received massive press coverage with UBER and WAYMO- resulted in intense legal action.

diab0lic 9y ago
I mean Koduri did skip the whole step of immediately founding a company with almost nothing, which would be purchased in short order for a ridiculous sum of money, and have it then come out that he had met with the CEO of Intel on several occasions prior to this. The entire deal seems much more out in the open and above board.
awalton 9y ago
The fact is that people have to have job mobility, and need to be trusted that when they leave a company, they leave behind that company's secrets. Many companies make you sign a document that attests this: if you have any company data, you destroy it, if you have any company equipment, you return it, if you have any company knowledge, you forget or neglect to discuss it. Most people, honest people, have no problems understanding these obligations and abiding. Dishonest people, who lie about destroying documents, are why we have Uber and Waymo battling it out.
- FireBeyond 9y ago
  Right, companies can't have it both ways. "We reserve the right to let someone go, at any time, for any or no reason." and "We also reserve the right to dictate who they can (or rather can't) work for." No. If you want to say "I can't work in my field for 2 years", then you can pay me 2 years severance.
- userbinator 9y ago
  if you have any company knowledge, you forget or neglect to discuss it. Given how the human brain works, that's very much impossible to do... "standing on the shoulders of giants" and all that, as the saying goes. I'm sure some companies would love to be able to "reformat" employee's brains when they leave, but (fortunately) that's not the reality.
  - ams6110 9y ago
    > standing on the shoulders of giants Of course. No question that you take the sum of your education and experience with you to each new job. The "company knowledge" limitations are around specific trade secret inventions or verbatim recreation of such.

diab0lic 9y ago

I mean Koduri did skip the whole step of immediately founding a company with almost nothing, which would be purchased in short order for a ridiculous sum of money, and have it then come out that he had met with the CEO of Intel on several occasions prior to this. The entire deal seems much more out in the open and above board.

awalton 9y ago

The fact is that people have to have job mobility, and need to be trusted that when they leave a company, they leave behind that company's secrets. Many companies make you sign a document that attests this: if you have any company data, you destroy it, if you have any company equipment, you return it, if you have any company knowledge, you forget or neglect to discuss it. Most people, honest people, have no problems understanding these obligations and abiding. Dishonest people, who lie about destroying documents, are why we have Uber and Waymo battling it out.

FireBeyond 9y ago
Right, companies can't have it both ways. "We reserve the right to let someone go, at any time, for any or no reason." and "We also reserve the right to dictate who they can (or rather can't) work for." No. If you want to say "I can't work in my field for 2 years", then you can pay me 2 years severance.
userbinator 9y ago
if you have any company knowledge, you forget or neglect to discuss it. Given how the human brain works, that's very much impossible to do... "standing on the shoulders of giants" and all that, as the saying goes. I'm sure some companies would love to be able to "reformat" employee's brains when they leave, but (fortunately) that's not the reality.
- ams6110 9y ago
  > standing on the shoulders of giants Of course. No question that you take the sum of your education and experience with you to each new job. The "company knowledge" limitations are around specific trade secret inventions or verbatim recreation of such.