[shadowprofile77]

>My day job is at a boutique consulting company that explicitly allows side projects in our employment contract. >It helps a ton if your employer allows it. Seems like it might be hard to come by employers who do this though.

Really? This is normal? I find it extremely bizarre and not to mention shitty that an employer should somehow have any say whatsoever about what you do for economic or personal gain in your free personal time. You're not a piece of property and never should be controlled to this degree no matter the nature of your work.

[CoffeePython]

Yeah it's relatively common for companies to restrict and even claim any individual IP as their own.

Definitely double/triple check your employment contracts

[shadowprofile77]

Truly, how the hell can they even justify such a posture, or how do employees not spit it back in their faces? I can see these (presumably tech) companies having a claim for IP if it was partly created through company resources, but having a rightful claim on anything that you as an employee do in your spare time while an employee? That's reprehensible and grotesquely absurd.