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Post by yellowapple »

soulnothing wrote: post #106
dboreham wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Intellectual assignment clause. It's limited a lot of ideas I've had. You had those ideas right after the contract with the assignment clause was terminated though, right?

This was an assigned project, so the idea / implementation was not my own. The dev / architecture is something I use on most projects I work with though.

I think you're missing the implicit "wink wink" lol

Unless you signed some non-compete that extends beyond the time you were employed (and you're in a jurisdiction where that's actually enforceable), taking that idea and whipping up a new implementation from scratch (then selling it to other businesses, including, say, your former employers' competitors) should be perfectly legal. It might be a bit below-the-belt, but well, maybe said former employer should've thought about that before kicking you to the curb :)

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Post by tehlike »

soulnothing wrote: post #155
tehlike wrote: post #135

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Where are you based?

Philadelphia / remote.

without knowing your experience, did you try working for google etc?

I can maybe offer my help, on how to study for interviews and so on. it's not hard, but it's annoying to code algorithms and whatnot. It's a muscle that needs exercising.

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Post by bigboris »

spoonie wrote: post #66
error417 wrote: post #18

I lost my job in January because the company closed the office in my country, haven't written a single line of code since then, looking for motivation to start again but I feel like an absolute failure and don't know what to do now. The fact that I stopped coding 10 months ago and wasn't even a good developer, to begin with, isn't helping. I guess I need therapy.

A layoff isn’t about you! The company said they don’t want anyone working in that position anymore, not just you. It doesn’t reflect on you at all! :)

Not true when the company that laid you off constantly posts job openings with your exact job description. You're forgetting about things like age discrimination, too. For example, I'm in my 50s and had a long history with my previous employer. Promotions, bonuses, etc. However, big companies in the US do layoffs to get rid of pension liabilities. I had no pension at this company, but because of my age I was tagged. Why? Age demographics...including those without pensions in the layoff rounds let the company show they were not violating the WARN Act and others (in the US) by singling out only pension holders.

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Post by colourgarden »

walshemj wrote: post #82
reledi wrote: post #71

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Could you clarify what it means for a union to be recognised in your workplace?

This may be UK specific, but as Vice chair of the New Digital division of Prospect the quick version is: Recongnition is where a union has a formal agreement to negotiate collectively either by mutual agreement or via the legal process (similar to the us system) However unions will still represent members individually I have done so in the past. The union that has the majority of technology workers who are union memb…

FYI the “we save you money” link on the homepage leads to a 404 - https://prospect.org.uk/about/well-save-you-money/
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