Ask HN: How to validate a startup idea whilst employed?
&gt;employed under employment contract to assign both moral rights and intellectual property to their employer.<p>This is usually when you&#x27;re on company time with company assets. If you&#x27;re at home&#x2F;coffee shop and off the clock and on your assets&#x2F;pc its your IP.<p>Do you have a contract with current employer that has this specific language? I would understand a term for a non-compete agreement, but what you&#x27;re saying does not sound right&#x2F;legal from my perspective.<p>&gt; I&#x27;m considering leaving a very well paid software developer job to free myself of this obligation<p>Do it!<p>It might take 6 months, a year or longer to make a profit. Can you afford that? Do you have other revenue streams? Does your current employer contract bind you to any terms if you quit?<p>Questions I don&#x27;t need to know, but you should.<p>Good luck!