YouTube Instant Creator Accepts Job At YouTube

Is it just an AJAX-based Youtube search autocomplete that pulls up the results and then makes am autoplaying playlist?

Lawyers are in the business of convincing people that the law says what they want it to say. However in the case of a dispute it doesn't matter what IBM's lawyer says, it matters what a judge thinks. So of course if you ask IBM's lawyers, they'll represent IBM's interests by making the broadest possible claims for what is IBM's. That doesn't make them right, nor does it mean that they would actually pursue it. But as long as they leave you convinced, they've accomplished their goal.

That said, they are correct that the statute gives them that way to claim your work. And the larger the company you're in, the broader that claim can become. And when you listen to their lawyers, the claim will become broader still. Putting that all together, I wouldn't take their word for anything without consulting your own lawyer who represents your interests.

Alternately, if it is important to you, you always have the option of telling your manager that this issue is important to you, and you're willing to leave your job if that is what is needed so you can work on your own project. In that situation it is amazing what miracles can happen once it is made clear to the lawyers that giving you the freedom you want is actually in IBM's interest. (Advice from lawyers is very frequently penny wise and pound foolish. The smarter the business, the more strongly they realize that.)

Depending on the current job market at the time, it may be advisable to line up another job option before attempting such drastic action.

I can see how you'd choose FB over Google coming in from the outside but if you get the chance to work with both it seems like a smart choice.

I was equally leery for the same reason. I've made tons of apps that bound events and pulled/updated data from cache layers I had setup.

Apparently I didn't have the good sense to be a shameless self-promoter.

This is frankly exemplary of the one thing I don't like about HN, even though I dearly love the community here.

The emphasis on typical business values, rather than on true productivity and hard work agonizes my conscience on a regular basis.

It makes me nauseous to think he got such publicity and a job offer for that.

I hate to be sour about it, but damn.

S'like hiring a B-school kid because he completed a rudimentary business plan, rendered it into PDF, and put it online and it happened to go viral for some absurd reason.