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Why am I not surprised?
- Car License.
- TV License.
- Remember Personal Radios needed a License.
- Gun License.
- Travel License (passport).
Now Drone License. sigh
What else can the UK Government think of taxing?
Have you ever seen The Zuck speak? He does exactly the same.
Must be a "liberal tech" thing....
Google will one day be the arbitrators of news. If it doesn't fit in their world view, whether it's true or not. Will be removed from the results.
I think now is the time to setup a different model and remove their monopoly. Internet freedoms are at stake here.
Do no evil? Yeah right.
If she hadn't had these credits, it would have been a very different story! Perhaps then she wouldnt have had any advertising budget...
This reminds me of every single javascript coder I have worked with. Just because they can get something running within a day, makes them look down on other coders and gives them some sort of complex.
No wonder the whole javascript stack is a complete and utter mess!
Can you post some names, links? Thanks
Looking for research purposes.
Maybe the down voters can explain why it's a bad idea to move to another country and create a startup?
Employers should expect developers to work on company IP within contracted hours and any new code/IP is owned by the company.
In addition. Developers who have their own side-projects own that IP and if they work outside of contracted hours and generate new code on THEIR projects. Well, they own that IP also.
One caveat though. Developers should allow employers to go through their generated code, to ensure that developers aren't stealing company IP.
Oh but if a company wants some code that the developer generated in his own time? Well, negotiations should start. The company should pay for that!
An employer is paying six figures to an employee. In exchange for said salary, employee works set hours and within that time, is supposed to work for the employer and anything they create within that period is owned by the employer.
However, in the comments. It seems like everyone wants their cake and eat it too? Which is to say, if I'm working for you between the contracted hours of 9 to 5. And if I am working on a personal project that the employer is not going to benefit, I should keep the IP. Even though the employer is paying for my time?
Note, this isn't about working outside of the contracted hours at home, nor is it about staying late and using company resources to develop said project and claiming IP belongs to the employee.
For large companies like github. They could probably be more flexible. But for smaller companies, every working daylight hour to them is needed and required for projects to deliver on-time.
These very same companies would argue that all code/IP belongs to them. That they woudn't want employees working on pet projects in THEIR paid time.
Kinda sounds to me, that people here wants 3 things.
1) Pay me a large wage > north of 6 figures. 2) If I code something for me during working hours, it's MINE. 3) If I code something outside of working hours, it's also MINE.
Sounds like bratish entitled behavior no?
Can someone set me straight here? I don't see how this could be good for employers who don't agree with this.
Oh and btw, if you want to work on your own thing, being paid by a company, that you keep the IP. It's called being an entrepreneur and setting up your own company. So instead of saying kudos I wish more companies do this. Go start your own today and you have that freedom NOW!