The tech industry in California does just fine without noncompetes. For years, they (led by Steve Jobs) "did just fine" because they (Apple, Google, Adobe, Int

The tech industry in California does just fine without noncompetes. For years, they (led by Steve Jobs) "did just fine" because they (Apple, Google, Adobe, Intel at least) illegally acted as a no-poach cartel: https://fortune.com/2015/09/03/koh-anti-poach-order/ https://fortune.com/2015/09/03/koh-anti-poach-order/