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Re:Hiring Developers: You're Doing It Wrong on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @03:33AM (#2386219)
To be honest everywhere that I have applied as a programmer has either had the 24/7 rule or a contract so unspecific that it leads me to think that they will try to take ownership of something I write if it does indeed lead to a valuable product. As such I am usually working on projects in my free time but I rarely want to tell them about a real project for fear of them trying to take it. It creates a difficult situation in an interview, when I have projects but I dont want to discuss them.