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Start a new career, start an unrelated company, do non profit work, do research, etc... I imagine these people have money, so what's making potentially an extr
by deregulateMed 5y ago
Start a new career, start an unrelated company, do non profit work, do research, etc...
I imagine these people have money, so what's making potentially an extra 200k? You make that in a year.
- ghaff 5y agoYou live in a serious bubble if you think the typical person can shrug, say "what's $200K," and casually leave or take a break from the field they've been earning a living in.
- deregulateMed 5y agoWe are talking about people who's company actually used the non compete. These are not typical people.
- ghaff 5y agoThere is absolutely no guarantee of this.
- awsthro00945 5y agoYou really underestimate. Even standard entry-level developers are under NCAs, and I've had a former colleague (who was certainly "typical", and an additional $200k would have been life changing for them) who was hit with one. I have many other colleagues (again, just "typical" people) who lost out on job offers because the new company didn't even want to deal with the threat of an NCA.
- grogenaut 5y agoI had a non-compete when I was making $50k
- deregulateMed 5y agoAnd did the company invoke it?
- hannasanarion 5y agoIf they didn't want to invoke it, they wouldn't have put it in the contract. Would you sign a contract that says I have the right to point a gun at you at all times, with only my unofficial assurances that I won't pull the trigger?