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Re:Ask HN: Should I disclose that I am working on a startup ... by thucydides on Monday September 13, 2010 @12:00AM (#1685451)
No. If you're dating around, do you tell your first dates that you have other girlfriends?

Later, if you actually get the job and you see the contract steals your IP, mention your discomfort with signing away your IP. Say that you work on side projects from home.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I disclose that I am working on a startup ... by tptacek on Monday September 13, 2010 @12:50AM (#1685575)
Should he tell them in the interview? Who cares? But once he gets the job, he doesn't get to play games anymore. His mention of "discomfort" and "side projects at home" will do absolutely nothing to help him when his (ex-?)employer decides to sue him.

Is he going to get sued? No, unless his startup actually comes to something.

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