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This is the standard I knew from the trading industry. I would say that, while it does initially seem more palatable, it also has some downsides. One that might
by mumblemumble 4y ago
This is the standard I knew from the trading industry. I would say that, while it does initially seem more palatable, it also has some downsides. One that might be particularly relevant to programmers is that it sets up a structure that functions somewhat like a penalty of 1 year's worth of paid vacation for choosing a new job outside the industry.
I don't have the business or economic bonafides to back this up, but it seems likely to me that such an incentive structure would not serve the benefits of society as a whole, and might become quite damaging were it to become widespread. My own sense is that, with the possible exception of the "you can't take your client sheet with you" style of noncompete that sometimes gets applied to salespeople and hairstylists, non-competes are simply anti-capitalist. Not in some sort of ideological sense, just in a very practical, "This is nothing but a tool for retarding GDP by further concentrating wealth in the pockets of the already-wealthy," sort of way.
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- jacobr1 4y agoEven in California, you can get sued for violating an NDA when going to competitor if you bring private technical data, which seems like a reasonable compromise. You can bring your expertise, but no code. Intersecting with this are patents. A company can also protect its IP with patents, but when should choose to disallow, or have more liberal patent laws? It seems there are similar tradeoff between the value to companies, competitors and public interests.
- mumblemumble 4y agoAlso no material non-public information even if it's not technically technical. The standard I'm familiar with is, knowledge you acquired during your time at a previous employer is safe to share with your current one if you can support it with a citation.
- deaddodo 4y ago> Even in California, you can get sued for violating an NDA when going to competitor if you bring private technical data, which seems like a reasonable compromise. You can bring your expertise, but no code. Intersecting with this are patents. A company can also protect its IP with patents, but when should choose to disallow, or have more liberal patent laws? It seems there are similar tradeoff between the value to companies, competitors and public interests. What does that have to do with non-competes? What you're describing is IP law and theft; and is illegal pretty much throughout the western world. Non-competes specifically and only exist in the context of barring employee competition and migration of talent. All via legal labor servitude at the justification of "training investment" and/or "unfair competition".