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I worded poorly. Here some companies try to restricts one's rights to work by NDAs. I've seen clauses in NDAs (or employment contracts) that resigning and working to other company in some geographical area or any of the domains the former company had presence is seen as a violation against the NDA.

Ah, the old "you can't work for our competitors for X months/years" clause. I believe this also can't be enforced in the UK unless they pay you for that period (maybe even then it's not allowed, possibly).

It's known as a non-compete clause. IANAL, but as far as I can tell it's enforceable in most jurisdictions so long as it's reasonable and the employer can demonstrate reasonable business interest, etc.

The point I'm making is a non-compete won't hold if it means you are unable to get another job... many people specialise writing software in a specific industry. That's where Gardening Leave comes into play, and the concept of "fair" contracts... of course in law it's never safe to assume "fairness" is as important in every country/state.

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What they teach you, so that you are able to do your work, is their intellectual property. Essentially, what you learn in this context belongs to them.

It seems me very fuzzy thing.For example,now a lot of people returns to Russia from Europe and US because of crisis,and I doubt that they'll all return back after.Moreover actual programmer salary after tax,insurance etc. sometimes less than in Russia.Their knowledge will become a part of another propietary code...life is life[smile]

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Their knowledge will become a part of another propietary code...life is life[smile]

Yeah well, it's not rare to see an employer to demand that if they train employees to certain technology they aren't free not leave to work to other company or that employees aren't trained in fear of greater salary demands. Some go as far as claiming that (any) knowledge gained during work is squarely protected by a NDA. Could be legitimate somewhere, I don't know. This is a bit removed from the OP already, though.