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timvpon Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job

Of course it is legally correct but there are dozens of ways to get out of it. Some examples:

- If you can show that you are making a significant step career-wise (easy) - If your function is different than when you started and didn't sign a new non-compete (from backend to full-stack) - If the contract is temporary 6 months or 1 year its not valid - If you didn't specify a fine, you need to show evidence of damage/loss of that employee leaving to a competitor (impossible?)

So just a few ways to get rid of it. Almost every (employment) attorney in NL will get this non-compete blown away.

My 2 cents: It costs a lot of (negative) time and if someone wants to leave just let them go. If you respect them, they will respect you. If you screwed them over and over they already copied the data the want and will still leave.

Turn the non-compete to a non-client clause (relatiebeding), way softer but ensures that they can't "steal" your clients. Because you are being generous not limiting the person to move to a better position this clause will be way harder to get rid off. Still be reasonable though :)

timvpon Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job

In the Netherlands is not legally enforceable either. You can only enforce not be able to take clients with you to your new employer for a fixed amount of time (e.g. 6 months).

timvpon YC Summer 2017 Invites/Rejections

YC is not about selling stock for 1.7MM valuation but about moving quicker than you are already doing now. They help iterate, connect and grow. The 40K MRR is nice but you're still far from 10M MRR.

timvpon The day I ordered pizza that 'doesn't exist'

Great article! Seems like some traditions/traditional things are making people stupid and/or ignorant haha.

timvpon The self-hating web developer

Good article. Web development is not the same as embedded development of course but it is also not just 'generating' CRUD applications with some js/css to make it nice.

Hope to see him succeed in his reinvention of his career :)

timvpon Buffer's transparency dashboard: Public salaries, equity and more

I think it is a very great movement of companies being transparent. I've learned a lot of the companies that share their ups and downs and how they distribute their salaries, equity and how much and on what conditions they raise funding.