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nutt_goblin@lemmy.world 1 day agoSalaried american software developer here. While some large companies have moonlighting carve outs, by and large the rights to any of your work done outside working hours is at the employer’s discretion.
DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
My understanding is clauses that own work made outside of work (hours, resources, nonncompeteing scope, ect…) is not enforceable.
But if you do anything related to the company, then it’s theirs.
nutt_goblin@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ah, that sounds correct to me.
My interpretation is probably distorted by having worked at big companies that have arms in basically every part of software development so there is no side project programming that is “out of scope” there.
But working at a company with a narrower focus would let you moonlight more freely.