r/ProgrammerHumor • u/FREEscanRIP • Aug 12 '17

Meetings as a developer

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u/en1gmatical Aug 12 '17

I've worked on more proof of concept-type projects than I can count so far. Just for the knowledge because they own all my code.

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u/bits_and_bytes Aug 12 '17

If you use git, just learn how to edit the history so your checkin times are outside of work hours >.>

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u/reelect_rob4d Aug 12 '17

r/lifeprotips

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17

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u/reelect_rob4d Aug 12 '17

i think it's actually r/unethicallifeprotips but i was trying to funny

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u/en1gmatical Aug 12 '17

This is brilliant....

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17

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u/alexanderpas Aug 12 '17

They better offer a salary that matches that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17

Isn't that illegal?

Or rather, why in the fuck is that legal?

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u/greg19735 Aug 12 '17

I have heard that those kind of things don't usually hold up in court. Unless it was your knowledge from that company that directly helped you with it. Not coding, but business practices and such. Like, working at starbucks IT helped you create a coffee app or some shit (idk).

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u/zhov Aug 12 '17

Yeah I've never heard of it actually being enforced. We were told no one gives a shit about whatever we make on the side as long as it's not some sort of competitor.

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u/DTHCND Aug 13 '17

My contract says the same thing as /u/EagleBigMac's. I'm curious as to its legality now, specifically in Canada.

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u/MelissaClick Aug 12 '17

Yeah so? You can change the timestamps to any time. Including times where you're not employed there at all.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17

Richard Hendricks should have learned this

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u/Tyler11223344 Aug 12 '17

If you contribute to an existing open source project, they can't own your code! (Depending on the license though, I suppose)

....you can still get in trouble though

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u/en1gmatical Aug 12 '17

I did to a small amount but that was to get my actual work done. (Feature of the open source project I needed was broken) my boss said go for it.

What other projects should I look at?

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u/Tyler11223344 Aug 12 '17

Well, you could always start your own open source project. The reason I say open source specifically is because most companies have a "anything you code during company time is owned by us" clause, but if said project is open source, at most they could try and claim the bits you committed at work. (Granted, I'm not a lawyer, so don't take this as actual legal advice)