I worked at AWS in Seattle and signed a non-compete that stated what was laid out in the article.  Given the things I&#x27;d done for Amazon, when it was time to move jobs, it was insinuated that going to Microsoft and working on similar things might be enough to trigger action on the non-compete.  While I wasn&#x27;t interested in going to MS, it was clear that this non-compete was holding my wages down as the company recognized I couldn&#x27;t easily go elsewhere in the local area.  Who knows if it was a bluff or not, but I&#x27;m in California now and I don&#x27;t plan to ever sign a non-compete again.