I work for a company you've heard of, and that's their policy. _However_, if I had a side project I wanted to work on, I can get clearance to pursue it, so lon

I work for a company you've heard of, and that's their policy. _However_, if I had a side project I wanted to work on, I can get clearance to pursue it, so long as it doesn't compete with any of the company's ventures. It's a straightforward process, not a big deal at all. They're just trying to get ahead of/avoid potential ambiguous IP ownership situations.