Eli5: how exactly can companies enforce non-compete contracts? How is it their business what company you go to, and how would they even know?

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Eli5: how exactly can companies enforce non-compete contracts? How is it their business what company you go to, and how would they even know?

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Many areas of work that might require a non-compete are much smaller pools than you might imagine.

And while different areas of this small pool can hold different swimmers, inevitably paths cross.