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They do that in pretty much every state. As far as I know, California's treatment of non-competes remains unique. Everywhere else, they're fully enforceable wit
by nknight 15y ago
They do that in pretty much every state. As far as I know, California's treatment of non-competes remains unique. Everywhere else, they're fully enforceable with rare exceptions, even on grunt-level code monkeys.
Debates surface every once in a while as to just how important California law has been to the development of Silicon Valley. It's obviously had some impact, but it's impossible to strictly quantify, and muddying the waters is that it's definitely not the only place with a notable tech concentration, even if it is perhaps the biggest and highest-profile.
- hga 15y agoHmmm, for me it's sufficient to note that California's policy and Silicon Valley's success are both unique (I think you vastly understate its success when you say "perhaps the biggest and highest-profile"). I think it's hard to argue that having the nation's most liquid market for talent was not significant. There are probably a few other things that in combination were or are unique, I'm thinking good weather in the vicinity of 2 of the world's best EE and CS departments (Stanford and UC Berkeley). Other things like a culture more accepting of failure may have followed, though.