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Re:The Staff Engineer's Path – Book Review by withinboredom on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @02:00PM (#35978994)
I could have a really cool time-travelling database to sell you, but I can't because I signed away my right to invent. So, if you really want to

> built by the engineer who decides to venture on their own and replicate what they were building as a stand-alone product.

We need to change our contracts.

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Re:The Staff Engineer's Path – Book Review by fiddlerwoaroof on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @05:30PM (#35981496)
I think this is the key: employment contracts/ip policies should be designed to encourage spinning off internal projects (that are ‘distractions’ front he core product) as separate business units or as open source projects.
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