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Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by falcolas on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @10:03AM (#12796491)
> As most readers here would agree

And yet we are still confronted with NDAs just to listen to "Facebook for Farmers" pitches.

Perhaps it's better to say those entrepreneurs are afraid of their implementers leaving with all of the domain specific knowledge; believing that it would allow them re-create the product and outmaneuver the entrepreneur.

Of course it's never really that easy, but so few fears are rational.

Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by Declanomous on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @10:30AM (#12796684)
I work at an organization with about 75 employees, and I'm the only person who can program. Half the time I go out for drinks with coworkers, someone corners me and wants to tell me about this awesome idea they have. Unfortunately, they can't tell me anything because I haven't signed an NDA yet. So they spend a few hours being coy, and I spend a few hours trying to politely decline. It's always an iPhone app too. I've never worked on mobile development or Apple products before. This does not discourage them in the least.

Half the reason I want increased computer science education is because I'd like this madness distributed across more people.

Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by sammydavis on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @01:31PM (#12798530)
That was so on the money. This happens to me too. My financial advisor and his friend want me to build them an iphone app. Please save me.
Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by Declanomous on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:12PM (#12799495)
I've got another good anecdote.

I went in for an in-person interview at a company. At the end of the interview process, the interviewer let me know I hadn't gotten the job, but told me I should connect with him on LinkedIn because he and his friend had a great business idea that needed a developer.

I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, since I've had interviewers reach out to me after I've been rejected to say the same thing. It seemed exceedingly strange that I was solicited to work on another project in person by the interviewer during the interview process.

Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by clifanatic on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:22PM (#12799586)
> My financial advisor and his friend want me to build them an iphone app

You can get a new financial advisor. My _wife_ wants me to build her an iPhone app.

Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by wruza on Thursday October 27, 2016 @04:00AM (#12803532)
If you don't build her iPhone app for too long, that will be done by someone else, you know.
Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by TaylorAlexander on Thursday October 27, 2016 @07:19PM (#12811330)
You can get a new wife.

Some people really like their financial advisors!

Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by sbjustin on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @11:40AM (#12797366)
THIS!
Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by saryant on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @01:17PM (#12798385)
I used to help run 3 Day Startup San Antonio. Part of the format is that the first night includes pitches by a select number of people hoping to get voted into the top X ideas that are worked on for the rest of the weekend.

We once had a guy whose first slide was just an NDA in tiny font that he actually read aloud to 50 people. I was in the back of the room with some of the other staff and I had to step out because I was laughing too much.

Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by st3v3r on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @12:38PM (#12797970)
Well, if it's the typical person who does pitch "Facebook for Farmers", I'd say the fear is kinda rational, as those people never intend to do any of the work. They just had the idea, and now you need to go make it happen.