With the recent well publicised cases of developers stealing proprietary information, this is going to become more common.
The fine print that follows you out the door: non-compete clauses are spreading
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#13Just ignore them completely unless you're an executive.
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#14In all cases where I was presented with an unreasonable non-compete, I either negotiated it away or scratched it out before signing. I know not everyone has that luxury, but if your BATNA is signing, it's worth a shot.
Easier to do when there's paper to scratch.
If they've not offered you anything, the non compete is certainly not valid.
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#15Not enforceable in California
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#16There's a strong argument to be made that the banning of non-competes is the main reason California is the software capital of the world.
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#17When it comes to enslavement to giant corporations or government, all I can say is: "The only winning move is not to play."
i rarely use ai, however i must constantly sift through ai blog posts like this one to find actual communication. should i leave the internet to win the game against ai? well i did the next best thing and got a nokia brick phone, yet facebook still knows how to recommend those i meet in real life!! i tried not playing but im still in the game. does that mean the only way i can win is to kill myself?
That strategy would not be guaranteed to work.
An AI simulation of you would post on HN.
Welcome to the future.
As always 99% of it is poor quality slop...
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Easier to do when there's paper to scratch.
If they've not offered you anything, the non compete is certainly not valid.
no, as in physical contracts you _can_ scratch something out on are becoming rare. Usally some fuckass digital signing service or another, tgat barely works on chrome let alone firefox.
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#20When it comes to enslavement to giant corporations or government, all I can say is: "The only winning move is not to play."
i rarely use ai, however i must constantly sift through ai blog posts like this one to find actual communication. should i leave the internet to win the game against ai? well i did the next best thing and got a nokia brick phone, yet facebook still knows how to recommend those i meet in real life!! i tried not playing but im still in the game. does that mean the only way i can win is to kill myself?
why are you on facebook?