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I could work in the industry. Judges won't keep you from that under a non-compete.
However, the specific company I would have gone to was still involved in various contracts with my former employer. Hence, there would have been some difficulty there.
A judge won't keep you from working in your IT field under a non-compete. However, they might stop you and enforce the non-compete, since you are going back to a former workplace to become a direct competitor to your former employer.
I talked to my legal firm I keep on retainer. They said it would be a toss-up as to whether or not I'd win, and would cost me more than it would be worth in legal fees.
As to whether I would win, my contract said I agreed to have any things heard in the State of New York. And, that meant I would probably have been involved in having to be in a court room in their city and having to pay for hotels, travel, meals, etc.
Being I'd just lost my job, was on unemployment, and had to cash in my retirement accounts to pay my bills.
Well, I wasn't in any position to fund a legal battle with a corporation.
