Or, you know, you can sign them and not give a shit.<p>Unless you&#x27;re working for SuperLargeCo (and according to this article, in most cases even then) nothing bad will happen if you then work for a competitor. As others have pointed out in this thread, there&#x27;s no potential legal harm to your new employer. And it is incredibly rare for prior employers to enforce noncompetes.<p>How many of you have had issues with noncompetes? Is my experience totally atypical? I&#x27;ve job hopped pretty frequently both in and out of California and never had any issues.