[likortera]

My solution to this is to have two separate accounts on my work laptop.

One for work, the other one for side projects, personal browser, courses, learning, etc.

As long as you're not doing anything illegal and are running on a non Administrator account, I think it is a good compromise vs having to carry a second laptop.

[saagarjha]

Your company likely has full access to that account and I would generally not recommend using any devices owned by your employer for side projects unless they specifically allow you to in some sort of legal contract that says something along the lines of them not owning everything you do on that account.

[likortera]

> Your company likely has full access

No, they don't. At my company we buy our own laptops, and we expense them. There is no VPN and no company owned software installed. And most of what we do is Open Source anyway.

> specifically allow you to in some sort of legal contract that says something along the lines of them not owning everything you do on that account

Not a problem, my side projects are just for learning purposes. They're open source, and most of them end up abandoned. I'm not running a side business on a company laptop, so they can own everything if they want, I'm fine with that.

[saagarjha]

I’m glad it works out for you, but perhaps you see the issue with offering your advice unqualified in this situation?