[ghaff]

>current chilling-effect bullshit of overly vague and broad non-competes that are never intended to see the inside of a courtroom

I worked for a very small company for a number of years quite a while back. We basically wouldn't even look at someone who had a non-compete even if it "probably" wouldn't be an issue. The risk of having to fight some big tech company--who might also have been clients to some degree--was just too great.

[etothepii]

At what point in the hiring process did this come up.

I assume you didn't ask to see new hires former contract and would you routinely ask, "are you subject to any non-competes?"

[ghaff]

As I recall, yes, our business office would routinely ask early in the process if they were subject to non-competes.