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The Paperwork of a Job: NDAs, Non-Competes, and What You're Signing
The day-one stack, translated — what NDAs can't gag, the non-compete patchwork, who owns your side project, PIPs read honestly, and the severance release.
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What you'll walk away with
Sorting the stack: offer letters vs real agreements vs handbooks, at-will in one honest paragraph, and the copies-of-everything habit.
NDAs and non-competes: normal vs overreach, the rights no text can gag (wage talk, whistleblowing), and the state-patchwork check before any move.
The IP clause: the prior-inventions exhibit, own-time-own-tools-own-domain side projects, and written carve-outs.
The employed years and the exit: sign-and-rebut, PIPs engaged in writing with a parallel track, and severance as a purchase — never signed day-of, always negotiable.
6 parts · 21 min
2
NDAs: What's Normal, What's Overreach
3 min
3 min
3
Non-Competes and Non-Solicits
4 min
4 min
4
The IP Clause: Who Owns Your Side Project
4 min
4 min
5
Handbooks, PIPs, and the Employed-Years Paper Trail
3 min
3 min
6
Leaving: Severance, Releases, and the Exit Stack
4 min
4 min
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