FAANG and professional side gigs / part time consultants?
What's the policy for professional side gigs and consultant arrangements if you're working at a big reputable tech company? The side gig would be unrelated to your work's domain, and is not a primary source of income and involves only a few hours per month, for example: - SDE in Microsoft Office team creating Android game apps - Data Scientist at Facebook serving as a one-off or part-time consultant to a healthcare startup looking to understand how to deploy and use ML and AI in their industry. First question: Will FAANG allow you to pursue professional side gig opportunities? Second question: Should you declare it even if allowed? Would that make you seem less committed?
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=96. They can't deny you the right in California. But I think you need to watch out for conflicts of interest. Google California moonlighting law for a much better description.
Love the question. However, I would speculate the answer is always officially, "no."