If you are working for a company that is large enough to have a legal team you can ask them about it. I asked a software company this about 2 years ago in the

If you are working for a company that is large enough to have a legal team you can ask them about it. I asked a software company this about 2 years ago in the bay area and they gave me a form to sign stating it doesnt compete with the company's products and i explained what i was doing. If they say otherwise you can take it from there!