Look at it as a blessing. You have the time to learn anything you want. Instead, train for the job you want, on the company's dime. Prepare. For example, m

Look at it as a blessing. You have the time to learn anything you want. Instead, train for the job you want, on the company's dime. Prepare. For example, many businesses need a multi-tenant database. Learn all about that. Or user interfaces perhaps. Learn marketing, or double-entry bookkeeping? Whatever floats your boat, or learn them all. They'll be useful when you move on, or start a business. Don't worry much about the contract, unless you are thinking of creating a business related to the current one. In which case you should be more careful. Keep important research on your own computer at home, and never access it at work. Wait a full six months post employment before debuting anything publicly. Doing a forced reset on any code repos to eliminate previous dates might help, though it's very unlikely to come to that.