I'm not yet at the point of a job offer from the Famous Company. It's just the question of meeting them privately, or telling my boss about it also. The extra

I'm not yet at the point of a job offer from the Famous Company. It's just the question of meeting them privately, or telling my boss about it also. The extra income would be nice, but money doesn't solve my citizenship issues. (unless they give me half a million to buy a passport). Working for the Famous Company would use more of my skills to help a lot more people. I'm also quite confident that as the big multinational completes their acquisition of a local company, there will be cultural issues like this one, and they need people who are aware of both cultures. I could be very helpful to the Famous Company if I maintain my morals and teach colleagues there about them. Compromising my morals in order to get the interview seems like the route where everyone would lose. My personal projects are things I can talk about freely in any interviews in future. I think the Famous Company would give me time to work on them, but also keep them as their own IP and not let me self-publish. I've tried publishing them here though (see my Show HN) and my biggest issue is marketing - something the Famous Company could help with. I have another friend at the Famous Company, and I wonder if I should ask him how to proceed. So far I've only told my girlfriend, my mum, and this (anonymised) thread. I don't want to overthink it when I haven't been offered a job yet. But however I proceed, I want it to be with a clean conscience.