Ask HN: Pitching a side gig solution to the day job?
I have a corporation for creating serverless cloud components. One of the plugins I've created is AV scanning. My day job is looking for a solution to do exactly what I have already created, but I'm hesitant to pitch my product despite being on good terms. While I do believe my solution is best for them, due to how well it can fit into their cloud infrastructure, I don't know if it's worth the risks to me to pitch: - I haven't "outed" myself with this corporation, not that there are any non-compete or other clauses in my contract, and I don't believe there is a conflict of interest that can't be managed - I am concerned about the pressures that will come from supporting a separate project of mine that would now be integrated with the projects in my day job - I am concerned about perceived conflicts of interest or future claims that I must have used company time and resources to create my corporate IP (which is unfounded, but can be difficult to disprove considering the crossover of cloud work) Has anyone been in a similar situation, and found a way to make it work? Or conversely, was it a situation you came into and now regret? Does anyone have some tips or how I could make it work, assuming it's not too risky? I know that I'll want to ensure I have legal help for any contracts, and I'm thinking that I may have someone else who's working with me in my side-gig corporation as a vendor point of contact to add more separation between my day job and side work. Thanks! 0 comments on Hacker News.
I have a corporation for creating serverless cloud components. One of the plugins I've created is AV scanning. My day job is looking for a solution to do exactly what I have already created, but I'm hesitant to pitch my product despite being on good terms. While I do believe my solution is best for them, due to how well it can fit into their cloud infrastructure, I don't know if it's worth the risks to me to pitch: - I haven't "outed" myself with this corporation, not that there are any non-compete or other clauses in my contract, and I don't believe there is a conflict of interest that can't be managed - I am concerned about the pressures that will come from supporting a separate project of mine that would now be integrated with the projects in my day job - I am concerned about perceived conflicts of interest or future claims that I must have used company time and resources to create my corporate IP (which is unfounded, but can be difficult to disprove considering the crossover of cloud work) Has anyone been in a similar situation, and found a way to make it work? Or conversely, was it a situation you came into and now regret? Does anyone have some tips or how I could make it work, assuming it's not too risky? I know that I'll want to ensure I have legal help for any contracts, and I'm thinking that I may have someone else who's working with me in my side-gig corporation as a vendor point of contact to add more separation between my day job and side work. Thanks!
I have a corporation for creating serverless cloud components. One of the plugins I've created is AV scanning. My day job is looking for a solution to do exactly what I have already created, but I'm hesitant to pitch my product despite being on good terms. While I do believe my solution is best for them, due to how well it can fit into their cloud infrastructure, I don't know if it's worth the risks to me to pitch: - I haven't "outed" myself with this corporation, not that there are any non-compete or other clauses in my contract, and I don't believe there is a conflict of interest that can't be managed - I am concerned about the pressures that will come from supporting a separate project of mine that would now be integrated with the projects in my day job - I am concerned about perceived conflicts of interest or future claims that I must have used company time and resources to create my corporate IP (which is unfounded, but can be difficult to disprove considering the crossover of cloud work) Has anyone been in a similar situation, and found a way to make it work? Or conversely, was it a situation you came into and now regret? Does anyone have some tips or how I could make it work, assuming it's not too risky? I know that I'll want to ensure I have legal help for any contracts, and I'm thinking that I may have someone else who's working with me in my side-gig corporation as a vendor point of contact to add more separation between my day job and side work. Thanks! 0 comments on Hacker News.
I have a corporation for creating serverless cloud components. One of the plugins I've created is AV scanning. My day job is looking for a solution to do exactly what I have already created, but I'm hesitant to pitch my product despite being on good terms. While I do believe my solution is best for them, due to how well it can fit into their cloud infrastructure, I don't know if it's worth the risks to me to pitch: - I haven't "outed" myself with this corporation, not that there are any non-compete or other clauses in my contract, and I don't believe there is a conflict of interest that can't be managed - I am concerned about the pressures that will come from supporting a separate project of mine that would now be integrated with the projects in my day job - I am concerned about perceived conflicts of interest or future claims that I must have used company time and resources to create my corporate IP (which is unfounded, but can be difficult to disprove considering the crossover of cloud work) Has anyone been in a similar situation, and found a way to make it work? Or conversely, was it a situation you came into and now regret? Does anyone have some tips or how I could make it work, assuming it's not too risky? I know that I'll want to ensure I have legal help for any contracts, and I'm thinking that I may have someone else who's working with me in my side-gig corporation as a vendor point of contact to add more separation between my day job and side work. Thanks!
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