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Re:Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job by Joeri on Sunday May 14, 2017 @02:39AM (#14334553)
However, many software firms have no issue with selling the development of a feature to customer A, and then selling a license for said feature to customer B. This is the same situation as selling the skills acquired at employer A to employer B. Why is it ok for employers to do this, but not for employees?
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Re:Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job by dragonwriter on Sunday May 14, 2017 @03:10AM (#14334623)
> Why is it ok for employers to do this, but not for employees?

Why is the politico-economic system called "capitalism" and not "laborism"?

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Re:Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job by hamstergene on Monday May 15, 2017 @02:39AM (#14339608)
It is much more than that. An employee sells not skills, but time of his life, the only one he's got. A company can make million sales, an employee can't work a million jobs.
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