Ask HN: How to pitch an idea without the risk of idea theft(ycombinator.com) The conversation might go like this:
- (the idea)
manager: we have/had a project with 80% overlap, this is nothing new.<p>The manager goes ahead and add it to the backlog and no credit is given. Easy peasy.<p>(the second part may not happen publicly or immediately, rather, the project would seem to be dismissed or postponed)