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The way I see it, there are always boring jobs that need to be done, and paying more for them is one reasonable way of convincing people to do them. Yeah, it mi
by bdonlan 14y ago
The way I see it, there are always boring jobs that need to be done, and paying more for them is one reasonable way of convincing people to do them. Yeah, it might be boring, but on the other hand he works short hours and gets paid really well. It's up to him whether this tradeoff is worth it - personally, I would say he should use the extra time he has thanks to his short hours to do something more interesting on the side, while still doing the boring job to pay the bills.
- munin 14y agoexcept that anything interesting he does 'on the side' is owned by el goog?
- georgemcbay 14y agoNot likely. YMMV depending upon where you live but in California what you do on your own time with your own equipment belongs to you, not your employer.
- defen 14y agoI'm not a lawyer, so keep in mind that I have no idea what I'm talking about, but see comments by DannyBee in this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4051635 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4051635 The way I read it is that Google has their hands in so many projects that they would have a good claim on your free-time work, even in California. Just another good reason to ignore their recruiter emails.
- jrockway 14y agoGoogle also has a rather simple process for getting your intellectual property back. It's been discussed on HN before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4051325 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4051325