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by throwaway342526 3928 days ago
In California that's (essentially) true. Other states permit far more draconian limits on employee freedom.

He says he's from outside CA.

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It's kind of a grey area. The court docs show that they have won. I don't know if they were directly related to the persons daily responsibilities. I think there was some wording about any thing that competes with the company but the company is in basically every market. Honestly, I just weigh the risk of weather or not I think they would actually even care about what I'm working on. I know we have people who make mobile games on the side and no one really cares.

If I'm not directly competing and stealing clients I think that chances are low that they will try to claim ownership.