Ask HN: Scratch your employer's itch?
Hi everyone<p>I&#x27;m working at a decent employee, on a pretty specific IT topic.<p>I also have this idea for a startup I would like to build but there is no way I can do it on my day job (I dont even have programming tools on my job PC because I don&#x27;t write software there). Even if I could, the idea would die as an internal project (they don&#x27;t sell software to other companies)<p>The thing is that I would be the first user but on my dayjob, kind of scratching my own itch but at my job.<p>I find it unethical to &quot;sell to my employer&quot; so I was planning to be on a &quot;free forever plan&quot; and then look for other customers. also keeping a clear separation from my day job and my project work.<p>What do you think about this, is a bad idea? Is there anything I&#x27;m not seen and I&#x27;m gonna shoot myself in the foot?<p>Thanks!