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In the best case it means a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, which I don't have. Hence, not too inspired to innovate there.

I'm transitioning my career from commercial software development to data security research/hacking. There's appreciation for innovation there, the business models are new and fluid and the lawyers haven't figured out how to attack them yet.

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I'm transitioning my career from commercial software development to data security research/hacking.

I'm sorry you feel so constrained. To me that signals the current system is not optimum, but that's probably a lucrative decision either way.

I have to admit it's not totally due to IP, but the infosec field has fun smart people in it and has the feel of the early days of the PC. There's a real need for it and funding to match. Plus it's usually easier and more fun to break stuff than build it. :-)

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