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You may never see this but...try to renegotiate your contract. If they think you're worth it, they will modify the contract to allow the side project. If not,

• anondev 14y ago
  Thanks - I did have a lengthy discussion with one other employee who dealt with this issue for our MD; he was quite clear that it's company's "culture" that we only work for the good of company and then company will see to it that we're rewarded for the efforts. While this sounds nice if you're a small company where everyone shares the responsibility and the monetary gains, we mostly hire people who will work cheap and long; it was hinted to me that my career in there moved really fast compared to others and I'm still on the lower end of salary for my role/responsibilities in the area. As a result, I'm looking at options where my personal time and ideas are valued more, both when it comes to work and personal side projects (which, don't forget, improve my skills I use for company work) Besides, I'm back where I started, working on horrific wordpress projects, with me learning little now and it became about me (and some others) educating co-workers and directors, who are too stubborn in their ways to understand what we do, resulting in ridiculous proposals sent to clients I have decided to move on, just working on my CV/resume and looking for the right time.