In a leaked memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke put limits on employees having side hustles, saying Shopify requires ‘unshared attention’::Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke discourages employees from side hustles in company memo, saying their jobs require their undivided attention.
I worked for as a software engineer for a company that I did interviews for. We were told that “pet projects” were a red flag unless they were a current college student. They showed a lack of commitment to their current employer. Basically, there’s no reason for them to have a side project, they should be working more for their current boss.
I left that company shortly after.
One of my first companies put a clause in to say that they owned the code you wrote in your spare time. I peaced out too.
So glad to live in California where that type of shit is explicitly illegal. Open source software would be so fucked with how much software is produced here.
It’s explicitly illegal in California? I’ve never heard that before.
“I don’t have any side projects so there’s no reason you shouldn’t pay me a living wage”