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wallywax on June 17, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: I don't program in my spare time. Does that make m...

Programming in your spare time is much less attractive when your employer claims to own all the code you write.

modoc on June 17, 2011 [–]

You should never sign an employment agreement that includes that. Never. I've successfully gotten employment contract/non-competes/IP contracts, etc... changed at every employer I've worked at who tried to pull that, from small shops to Fortune 500.

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