I would guess only if the technology you learned is proprietary to the company. If not, as much as many companies want to, they can not prevent you from using your skills to earn a living. It is really a grey area.
I have a long time friend who works for Intel. He told me a story of an senior engineer who left Intel to work for Motorola. Intel had file court cases to prevent this man from using skills gained at Intel in his new job. While the cases where being argued, the man was sitting at home drawing salaries from both companies. I would have taken one of those salaries and invested it in some very safe, sort term bonds or something; he was going to have to repay one of them, once the case was decided, but not any interest earned on it. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:54 AM ....To: CF-Community ....Subject: Re: NDA, Non-Compete Question .... ....Nick McClure wrote: ....> Well, the thing is, such Non-competes are illegal. For the most part, a ....> company can keep you from one thing, using insider information to take ....> clients. Or trying to use information gained while working at a company ....to ....> damage that same company. .... ....But is using some technology you learned on a class your employer payed ....for when working for a competitor a violation of such an agreement? .... ....Jochem .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152920 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
