Hello everyone, for the past couple of days I've been working on a very small personal web project. I am currently employed at a small newspaper. I am at a point where I feel comfortable making my project available to the public.<p>I highly doubt I will bankrupt my employer, but I would be providing free advertising to a targeted group of local businesses. Now I am having second thoughts about making my project live. I would hate to lose my job over this.<p>Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did you deal with conflict of interest?
What about talking to your boss?<p>This situations tend to be very random because every company and every boss behaves different. Some don't notice, some don't care. Others fear for their business, feel betrated or are just angry.<p>Speaking often helps, especially when you make this an open conversation: "Hey, I've been working on this project in my spare time and I realized that this might be a conflict of interest. What do you think?".