[draven]

You can still work in a company not directly competing with your previous employer and get the compensation.

I just had a quick look (I never had one), non-competes without compensation are illegal in France.

[williamdclt]

I'm not a lawyer but I don't think you can do that, no

[hogu]

Yes you can. I'm serving a 1 year non-compete and my former employer encourages getting non finance work because they hope you never go back to the industry

[njarboe]

What a horrible thing for society. Forcing people to stop doing things they are so good at that employers will pay them not to work with their competitors.