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starwind commented on The FTC plans to curtail the use of non-compete clauses economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/thomas_hn
Outside of trade secret level engineering, pharma and biotech, I've never seen a non-compete enforced because the employer was actually worried about real competitive advantage.
I have seen plenty where some Junior Vice President got angry at someone for quitting, and decided to sue to make that person's life hell. I've made several hires (sales, marketing, engineering, even executive) where the JRVP calls and tries to threaten my company with a lawsuit. My answer is, send over what it will cost to hypothetically settle, and we'll talk. Never once have I been given a number or sued. I assume this is because, A) they know the non-compete is unenforceable or B) the non-compete doesn't exist, or C) it's punitive with no real harm in the marketplace from the hire.
Trade secrets already get legal protections so the non-competes aren't relevant there anyway
starwind commented on Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wik... · Posted by u/akolbe
You will get a lot of hate for this but I must admit:
What made Western Europe diverge from places like Russia or Saudi Arabia?
Individuality seems to have been invented and embraced by European and American intelligentsia.
Certainly a respect for the individual played a role. Thomas Hobbes argued for a strong monarch specifically to protect their subjects and their subjects’ property. Other philosophers like John Lock, David Hume, Adam Smith, and John Stuart Mill would expand on this and build the classically liberal tradition.
But we also can’t underestimate the impact of: 1) abundant energy sources—initially wood and then coal that could power machinery. 2) a scientific tradition with engineering applications in mind. 3) the Black Plague that let people just drop their scythes and move to the city to become tradesmen and earn a better living. 4) the Common Law tradition placing property rights and the right to contract on near-sacred grounds. 5) Access to abundant fishing off the coast of what became North America.
I don't think there's any one thing we can point to explain the rise of West, it's a confluence of factors that I'm very grateful happened before I was born
starwind commented on The FTC plans to curtail the use of non-compete clauses economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/thomas_hn
Banning (most) non-competes is likely good policy, particularly agreements that do not provide for payment during the period of enforcement. But you also have to ask whether the FTC is the right part of government to make this decision.
The States have 50 different approaches written into their laws on how to deal with non-competes. Some ban them entirely, while others curtail their scope or shift the burden to employers to justify them, and many do not regulate non-competes at all. A rule by the FTC that preempts the laws of every state for all non-competes regardless of scope without any specific statutory authority is the wrong approach.
The FTC is justifying this under Section 5 of the FTC act, which in relevant part prohibits "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce." This kind of wholesale preemption of state law regardless of context seems like an awfully big change for such a broad and vague statute. Underscoring this point, the FTC has not historically used Section 5 in this way.
Expect to see this challenged in court.
From the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914:
"Under this Act, the Commission is empowered, among other things, to (a) prevent unfair methods of competition, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce; (b) seek monetary redress and other relief for conduct injurious to consumers; (c) prescribe trade regulation rules defining with specificity acts or practices that are unfair or deceptive, and establishing requirements designed to prevent such acts or practices; (d) conduct investigations relating to the organization, business, practices, and management of entities engaged in commerce; and (e) make reports and legislative recommendations to Congress."
Seems to me like the FTC is exactly the group to make this decision
Yes, lower barriers to entry than general software development. Get to program, stand up and configure cloud systems, and might get to do some data visualization if that's your thing.
It's a good alternative to data science. The market for data scientists is flooded (especially at the lower levels) and more and more companies realize their data pipelines are a mess.
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starwind commented on Ask HN: What are some surprising ways to gain social status? · Posted by u/DevopsQuestions
Learn how to do something cool and dangerous and expensive. Race motorcycles, fly planes, climb mountains, go skydiving. People will want to talk to you
starwind commented on Ask HN: How to best take advantage of the coming recession? · Posted by u/poordadrichson
I will post again my answer to what someone else asked similarly the other day [0]:
One thing we must make clear is, is there actually a recession? Many companies are firing, but they've fired much fewer than they've hired in the past few years. Many companies are still hiring now. I don't think there is a recession, much as people might be scared that there is.
People have been calling for a recession since June and you can see the signs everywhere except where it really matters to people: the labor market
Slow down? Sure. Recession? Eh.
starwind commented on Where to look for jobs trying to break into Software Development? · Posted by u/vw0389
LinkedIn is good for finding potential contacts. Message people who seem like software engineering managers and ask if they have internships. See where your classmates get roles and ask if there are some openings or if they can vouch for you. If there's a meetup, try going to one. Don't discount looking at company's websites either.
All but one job I've gotten was because I knew someone or someone knew me. The other one, I just applied through the company's website and they called me
It doesn't matter if Little Caesars pizza is the cheapest option, if there aren't any other pizza options, consumer welfare is severely negatively impacted because some consumers won't like Little Caesars.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg—despite being lionized by liberals—was an extremely pro-business justice who played a strong role in the Supreme Court siding with businesses in all but one antitrust case from 1995ish on. With her gone, I think this case may actually have a chance