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In Canada, I had to sign a noncompete for my internship. Also couldn't have side projects. Made me pretty uncomfortable.

• lixtra 7y ago
  Did you challenge that, before you signed? Edit: When my employer tried to retrospectively claim ownership of side projects through a change of policy I got the wording changed to concern work projects or projects during work time. I doubt the original wording would have been enforceable in my jurisdiction, though.
  • saagarjha 7y ago
    Where do you live, and what was your employer?
    • hedora 7y ago
      A non-CA startup once tried to get me to sign a non compete for an internship. It would have forced me to resign a position at the university that was the reason they wanted to hire me in the first place. I pointed that out, and they immediately escalated to the founder, and replaced the internship contract. The old one was boilerplate that they cut and pasted from some other document. They were pretty apologetic, actually.