Hi all,
Writing this post to seek advice on a non-compete situation. I work as a web app dev in hedge fund operations space in a quantitative hedge fund, where there is a long restrictive covenant (around a year) applied strictly across financial industry. Currently have an offer lined-up with a market infra firm (settlement, clearing) for an AI Engineering role.
I want to ask has anyone been in similar situations before? My current role doesn't touch any alpha nor strategies, as I do not work on a desk nor do I work on any core trading infrastructure, and my new role have very little overlap with them. I am however anxious about the trouble it may cause to my new employer, whether they will become hesitant and if my current employer wants to be tough and enforce the non-compete regardless of the reasoning above. Is there any action I can take to minimise the risk here?
Thanks