[Put this in another thread but adding it here since I didn't realize it was a duplicate thread] My Dad was forced to retire early as a network engineer after

[Put this in another thread but adding it here since I didn't realize it was a duplicate thread] My Dad was forced to retire early as a network engineer after the small (5 person) RSA consulting shop he was working for actively threatened his livelihood with a non-compete. No one in the industry would touch him because of how aggressively and proactively the owner of the shop was defending the non-compete. I offered my financial resources and network to help him fight it, but he was nearing the end of his career and just didn't have the energy to fight. He now delivers dry cleaning at $15/hr just to get out of the house. Non-competes can't die fast enough.