Obviously an anecdote... I quit my job last year to pursue my ideas full time but prior to that I had a pretty strict invention clauses (I'm in a state where t

Obviously an anecdote... I quit my job last year to pursue my ideas full time but prior to that I had a pretty strict invention clauses (I'm in a state where those are enforceable) and purposely avoided side projects because on my contract my employer would have owned them. I don't have any experience with FAANG contracts or even any outside of my state so I don't know how common it is for a contract to essentially prohibit side projects but for what it's worth, I never had one this entire time I've been on Hacker News (I know I'm "throwaway" but if you look at my karma you can see I've been around).