> There is a valid precendence to this.. Without saying who or when.. > I have contracted in a firm before where there was a clear case of an > employee "holding back" at work and not exhibiting the full potential of > their skills and salary.. at the same time they discovered he was developing > applications different from work but for the same sector.. in their mind > these products should rightly have been introduced into the companies > product... Especially if you are employed as someone who is supposed to > guide the direction of the software.
I agree. They should have fired the guy. Developing products in the same sector is not the most intelligent thing to do. > I have also seen quite a few cases of employees who blatantly learns skills > on a job and then use them to make money on the side (again, through > contract roles) Employee's also learn skills away from the job and then use then daily to do their job. > And lasty.. if you are using any company owned assets in the development of > personal gain then that is really not Kosha.. you should be using your own > licenses, computers etc etc.. I wouldn't recommend doing that at all. It makes the line between home and work a little too blurry. _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe