They mention the legal "murkiness" a little bit there.
I'd honestly expect if an employer found out I had been doing this for a year, they would not just fire me, but could sue me to get my salary back.
It seems to me super unethical, and probably at least hypothetically a legal liability.
But people actually pretty frequently talk about doing this on HN. Which doesn't necessarily mean it's widespread, but I'm surprised by how matter-of-fact HN commenters are talking about it. Assuming, as in this case, that everyone is doing it or willing to do it, that we all understand that of course we could continue to collect paycheck from former employer for the first few weeks we're also working for new employer.
I'd honestly expect if an employer found out I had been doing this for a year, they would not just fire me, but could sue me to get my salary back.
It seems to me super unethical, and probably at least hypothetically a legal liability.
But people actually pretty frequently talk about doing this on HN. Which doesn't necessarily mean it's widespread, but I'm surprised by how matter-of-fact HN commenters are talking about it. Assuming, as in this case, that everyone is doing it or willing to do it, that we all understand that of course we could continue to collect paycheck from former employer for the first few weeks we're also working for new employer.