I have a small consulting company. I had a client hand me a non-compete. He listed my name and that I essentially couldn't work for any IT entity in the state. I signed it.

I don't do business as me, I do business as my company. And it was 100% unenforceable since he was trying to say that by doing a single job for his company would prevent me from doing business with his competitors. His lawyer even laughed about it when reaching out as he knew it was a sad attempt to force contractors to accept his contracts over other entities.

Even he didn't know how they work and he was handing them out like candy.