On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Dave VanHorn wrote:

> > Does anyone have any advise on how I can protect myself? Has anyone here
> had
> > to sign similiar agreements. Is there a source of sample contracts that
> are
> > more balanced, or favor the engineer?

A Similar thing happened to me. I didn't sign it either. I think it's just
a phase that all companies that size go through.

Try this: Refuse to sign it. What are they going to do? Fire you? In a
company that small, it seems very unlikely (unless you're a complete
screw-up or something). It may be possible in a large faceless corporation
that you would be fired, but if you're a valuable member of the team, they
would not risk losing you.

You could also try to pull a fast one (do this at your own risk) and sign
the NDA as Donald Duck, just so your boss sees that you signed something,
then files it away never to be discussed again. If it comes under dispute,
it isn't even your name...