This should be the poster child for making non-competes illegal nationwide. It's great that in California, people are able to use their hard earned technical ex

This should be the poster child for making non-competes illegal nationwide. It's great that in California, people are able to use their hard earned technical expertise to strike out on their own, create competition and be compensated appropriately for their innovations. Now tech companies will have to ensure their innovators are adequately rewarded or they leave to create a competitor. This ensures more equitable compensation for creating value. This simply wouldnt be possible in a state where non-competes are enforced. They either have to change industries or keep working for below market wages accepting whatever the company decides is their compensation.