While I'm happy to see some sensible restraints come to noncompetes I'm sad that it wasn't taken further. I actually applied, interviewed and got a job offer to a great little startup in Boston. After all was said and done they slipped in that I had to sign a noncompete.

This noncompete was incredibly broad. It could have applied to nearly any future employer. I worked with my lawyer and asked for some further limiting language but everything I asked for was rejected by HR.

I stuck to my guns and said that I could not sign this. The job was a perfect fit for me. I still wonder what I could have done there.