[wallflower]

> I'd rather work for The Man in my day job in a cold corporate environment where everything is explicit from the get-go, get well paid for it and crank out code for my own startup in my free time.

I agree (for now).

Cautionary, related thread:

"Does my company have IP rights to the stuff I do in my spare time?"

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2208056

[toxicflavor]

Questions about IP rights for side projects only becomes an issue if your outside work is traceable to you. There's not much discussion in that thread of flying under the radar.

[jat850]

I don't know that flying under the radar is a sound legal or business strategy (at least not forever).