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Not sure about other FAANG but at microsoft the contract is explicitly that anything you do during work or with company resources is owned by the company, not j
by c54 4y ago
Not sure about other FAANG but at microsoft the contract is explicitly that anything you do during work or with company resources is owned by the company, not just everything you do at any time.
Just do it evenings and weekends and don’t use your work laptop.
- metadat 4y ago(And don't use the people's employers company names in marketing material.)
- he0001 4y agoI believe that the stuff you do also has nothing to do with work. Like if you would build a competitor to Excel it would probably be something that MS could say they own. With that said, it’s a gray area though, as software engineering isn’t that clear cut.
- tynpeddler 4y agoAmazon's contract says something similar. A court case might be difficult to win if your project is very close to your work projects, but other than that, a company generally has to prove that you used company resources in some way for your project in order to claim ownership.
- brundolf 4y agoHuh. I assumed only smaller companies would ever make those sorts of carve-outs Though, I also live in Texas. I wonder if it's required in states that have better labor laws?