> And most employees, including me, don't really want to start off a new job haggling over the contract. It really doesn't make a good first impression. Import

> And most employees, including me, don't really want to start off a new job haggling over the contract. It really doesn't make a good first impression. Important to note that this is not true. If you, say, have a side project and want to ensure that it remains your property after you join the company, and that you can keep working on it and keep having it belong exclusively to you, having a lawyer review the draft contract a potential employer sends with your offer is not going to piss off anyone you would ever want to work for. Companies that hire quality engineers are used to potential employees having lawyers, and do not get ruffled when those lawyers do their jobs. If they do, it's a major red flag.