Originally Posted by himespau

except most of us have signed IP rights documents (in addition to or instead of noncompetes) that say any idea we have while in their employ no matter the time of day or where we are when we have this idea belongs to them. BS, but I've had to sign 3 of them at my last 3 jobs to get the job. A lot of people get them confused with a noncompete, but they're a different beast altogether. In my job it didn't even say "related to my work" that a lot of people's IP agreements say.