> you will usually have a contract forbidding you from having side activities In my experience (Europe), the company is only concerned with paid side projects.

> you will usually have a contract forbidding you from having side activities In my experience (Europe), the company is only concerned with paid side projects. Regardless, those who expect open source contributions outside your work are out of touch with reality. That's a great filter for me. I once asked a colleague who was a product managers: "Why is there a side project expectation from developers, and not PMs? What could a PM even do in their free time"? He answered: "Well, a PM could have a side business!". "So, do you have a side business?" - I asked. "No..." - he replied, as I watched his sad face.