I built justtheterms.com because I kept signing employment contracts I didn't fully get. Not the whole contract. Just one paragraph. The one that seemed important but I couldn't parse the legalese. So I'd Google it, find conflicting info, and eventually just sign anyway. After building a tool that breaks down contract clauses into plain English, I've seen a lot of these paragraphs. Here's what comes up most often for developers. 1. The IP assignment clause This is the one most developers miss. It's usually buried in the middle under a heading like "Inventions" or "Intellectual Property." The standard version says the company owns any IP you create "in connection with your employment." That's fine. The aggressive version says they own anything you create "during the term of your employment," including stuff you build on your own time, on your own laptop. California, Delaware, and a few other states have laws limiting how broad these can be.…