Ask HN: What's a typical non-California startup IP assignment and non-compete?

I am currently working at a large company, with a fairly heavy IP assignment and non-compete agreement. When I look for my next job, I have been thinking about joining a startup for several reasons, one being that I might have more wiggle room in such agreements.

One possibility is the Bay Area, where California has looser moonlighting rules. But there are some reasons I might not do that, one being the high rents, as well as other reasons I might work elsewhere.

Also, I am making $125k right now, with nice health, dental, 401k matching, expense accounts etc. and would like to make at least $130k in my next job, if not more. Which is probably hard to do for pre-Series A companies. So pre-A companies are probably out.

I am wondering how these agreements work in startups and how fungible they are. Are they something the founders do, or is it something the investors and board are really strict about? I would like to moonlight, at least doing open source work, if not running my own side business. I don't even usually have enough time to work on such things, I just hate feeling constricted that I can't go home and do my own work if I want to.

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