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You can always get together, cleanse the code of any IP entanglements, and compete with the company that just laid you off. Calls like this one are a good time
by __MatrixMan__ 2mo ago
You can always get together, cleanse the code of any IP entanglements, and compete with the company that just laid you off. Calls like this one are a good time to suggest it--even if only to make them squirm.
- deepsun 2mo agoLegal in California, illegal in New York (typically 2-3 years).
- pavel_lishin 2mo agoThat assumes that the code itself was what made the company competitive and brought in the money to begin with. If I were laid off by my current employer, who has a giant sales team and likely thousands of contracts in every state with most of the existing potential clients, the odds of me being able to compete against them somehow dip into negative numbers.
- inigyou 2mo agoI got laid off from an internet TV company. I could probably replicate their backend systems, and in fact, I did (for one test channel). I definitely couldn't get content licenses to 400+ real channels. Or any paying customers outside my immediate family. Or make a UI.
- advisedwang 2mo agoIf you do it, don't say so in front of witness or where a call might be recorded.
- __MatrixMan__ 2mo agoWhat if you don't do it, but you do say it, just to waste legal's time?
- advisedwang 2mo agoDangerous game... getting in a legal battle is expensive and stressful even when you win.