This is, as the sales nuts used to say, a 'value-add' and should be presented to management as just that.
Because I'm also a whora (stage name: Chocolate T. Goodness!) I've signed so many no-competes and non-disclosures I could use them to fill a scrapbook named 'Non-precious, Legally Binding Memories'. I have however, always consulted with a lawyer first to make sure the employer or client wasn't trying to slip me an IT contract roofie. I may be an easy date, but a boy has his limits.
So you're doing exactly the tight thing in my opinion.
.d.
-- "That child is a spinning murder top! Are you sure he's your son?"
Dr. Z
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