The startup crowd has a hard time with a lot of these, especially the "Corporate Opportunities" one. So much so that I'd venture a guess that many are unaware that legally that's a pretty fundamental responsibility for a principal/officer of a corporation.
I don't see why you think that's the case. It's pretty typical language in an offer letter in California and is even specifically called out as legit in the part of the California code that prohibits non-competes.
And Waymo seems pretty pissed over a violation of this term. The theft of secrets issue was just the trigger.
