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Re:Laws barring noncompete clauses spreading by lotsofpulp on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @09:24PM (#33430311)
> Or, maybe I can choose to believe my eyes, and note that the the presence or absence of non-competes isn't a very important factor for driving a tech boom. [1]

Or that other factors of working in WA somewhat mitigate downsides of non competes. Sad that WA lawmakers accepted the bribes from large businesses and capped non compete bans at $100k per year payrates. Could have leveled the playing field with CA a bit more.

Re:Laws barring noncompete clauses spreading by rnk on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:12AM (#33431925)
Seattle succeeds because it's the same time zone and Cali, Microsoft pulled tens of thousands of programmers here, then Amazon, now we have critical mass. What we don't have is nearly as many companies starting up here. I think noncompetes do actually reduce the number of new companies started in Seattle, and also reduce people switching jobs.