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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by frant-hartm on Friday June 15, 2018 @04:42AM (#17318365)
> The other time i met employees who would develop a system the exact same way as they had done at the previous employer.

Ugh.. this is called experience, and it is why companies hire senior developers

(Copying code is not acceptable, that I agree with..)

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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by dm3 on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:36AM (#17318996)
One would hope the new system would be improved over what was developed previously, not copied from memory verbatim.

Snark aside, that's what non-compete agreements are for. I don't believe we've reached the stage where employer can lay claim on your experience. If anyone knows any good Sci-Fi exploring this theme, would be thankful for a pointer!

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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by mdpopescu on Friday June 15, 2018 @08:51AM (#17319373)
Paycheck - I haven't read the book but, in the movie [1], the main character has his memory wiped back to the initial state after working on trade secrets.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(film)

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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by WillPostForFood on Friday June 15, 2018 @09:31AM (#17319607)
William Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy, but especially the second book, Count Zero, revolves around helping a scientist move from one Corp to another.
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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by ummonk on Friday June 15, 2018 @10:24AM (#17319977)
Thankfully, most non-compete agreements are not valid under California law, so we actually have a free market for labor.
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