Is it legal to work for a tech startup in the 1-year interim period (between ending SA and starting Full-time)?

Got an offer to work for a startup for a few months after accepting my full-time offer at a top 5 BB. Should I tell my bank about this? Any disclosure/conflict issues? The work I would be doing is far from investing/finance. I still plan on going back to banking FT starting Summer 2015.

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Not a bad question. Would reach out to the HR.

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Not a bad question. Would reach out to the HR.

Yes, it is actually a bad question, incoming analyst.

OP, you have no legal employment status between your SA and FT contracts, unless they're paying you a salary while you go through your senior year, it would be super fucking illegal for a company to ban you from employment elsewhere (the law protects scenarios like this because you can imagine a situation in which someone is prevented from earning his livelihood due to a restrictive contract, and you're not even fractionally important enough for them to deal with structuring/enforcing a non-compete), especially from an altogether different industry (there would also be no legal difference between them stopping your work at a startup versus your campus bookstore). The street is full of kids who go to direct competitors for internships during their senior year, let alone startups. Chill out a bit, take a deep breath, and really think before you ask these sorts of questions.

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