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Covert Paper & Pencil Programming for the Employed Startup Founder

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Re: Covert Paper & Pencil Programming for the Employed Startup Founder

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Post by RBerenguel »

I guess this has to come as a kind of brilliant idea while sipping a coffee between compiles. You may have that great idea for the magic algorith that will turn your startup into the next Big Thing. And if you still have 10 hours of work ahead, it may die a little... And probably you just can't code it in your office's computer, IP stuff and all.

Write down the code in paper, or write it down on your portable computing device (iPhone, Android, Nanonote, netbook) and when at home, go for it.

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Post by randallsquared »

NateLawson wrote: post #8

This article has to be a joke. Assuming you have a modern contract (non-compete, IP assignment), working on your startup at work is stealing from your employer. Doing a better job hiding your tracks doesn't make it right (or legal). If you are found out, you could lose ownership of all that work. If you're going to work on a startup while employed elsewhere, you need better separation than this. Do your day job compe…

This article has to be a joke. Assuming you have a modern contract (non-compete, IP assignment), working on your startup at work is stealing from your employer.

Well, not only that, but it's written like a joke. "Walk around so no one can read over your shoulder, if you're afraid your coworkers will read your code over the bathroom stall wall"?! (paraphrased) Really? Come on.

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Post by barnaby »

teuobk wrote: post #7

Well, that's unethical. How would you feel if you had employees who were doing such things while you paid them?

Don't kid yourself. They already are.

It's called "founders syndrome" when you can't possibly imagine doing anything else other than pushing the business forward every waking hour, and then are surprised that to your employees, it's just a paycheck and they expect to have a life (and ideas) outside of work.

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Post by tptacek »

barnaby wrote: post #13
teuobk wrote: post #7

Well, that's unethical. How would you feel if you had employees who were doing such things while you paid them?

Don't kid yourself. They already are. It's called "founders syndrome" when you can't possibly imagine doing anything else other than pushing the business forward every waking hour, and then are surprised that to your employees, it's just a paycheck and they expect to have a life (and ideas) outside of work.

They're not talking about "outside of work".
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