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by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago
You quickly end up not even looking at it 10 minutes before and reading the resume during the interview
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by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago
Yeah, I've had my Github or other related things often mentioned by companies headhunting, even though I don't have _that_ much on it. I literally received a job offer not long ago from a very high profile startup that only has a
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by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago
Not everyone lives in California or the US. Other than that.. yes I agree, but the fact that so many companies set up contracts that can effectively steal the personal work of their employee if they decide to, is kind of a problem.
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by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago
but if they've made you sign it, what's stopping them from changing their mind if any of your projects becomes worth something or makes noise in some way?
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by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago
I agree with that but there's a big problem here which is that you can get scammed big time by your employer. If any of your side projects get big, depending on the contract your employer might be able to claim ownership of it. If you&
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by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago
In my experience, companies tend to refuse investing in doing open source work because they're usually scared that it will be extra work, a waste of time, or will cause legal issues/scare investors. I'd hope that actual progr
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by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago
So I've worked in the game industry where this happens even more aggressively than the rest of tech, and I've had contracts in at least 2 jobs where I was explicitly forbidden from engaging in any activity outside of work (I don&#
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Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet contracts forbid them?
344 points by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago|223 comments
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by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago
The problem is this email shouldn't be associated with my new name. And yes this email has previously been accessible publicly, it's very old and has been on linkedin or other things in the past, but it was under a different name.
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Ask HN: I keep receiving recruiters emails on an outdated address, any advice?
3 points by uVacCXNiiJCTnYB 5y ago|5 comments