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When the 90's dotcom boom first started to slow down, a friend of mine joked that we'd all end up working at porn sites if things didn't turn around. Fast forwa
by robbyking 9y ago
When the 90's dotcom boom first started to slow down, a friend of mine joked that we'd all end up working at porn sites if things didn't turn around. Fast forward almost a decade later to 2005, and I was working as a .NET engineer at the company that ran NakedSword.com* (as well as a few dozen other sites).
Now I make a proactive effort to track both my job security and the job market so I'll know when the optimal time is to go back into working in porn.
*NSFW. Duh.
- prashnts 9y agoAre you... er, missing a d there in the Domain name?
- ianai 9y agoI thought doing anything in the adult industry in IT was a blackhole? i.e. It's hard to go back to non-porn afterward from social dynamics.
- Roritharr 9y agoWhy? I recently interviewed a Senior Backend Dev whose last job was at a Pornsite. He was easily the most qualified candidate for the position and we failed to win him over because a bigger company offered some perks we couldn't, he was fought over by a couple of companies afaik.
- ianai 9y agoThat's reassuring.
- Roritharr 9y agoI'm in Germany though, it might be that US companies are pickier. If so: we're hiring ;)
- neoromantique 9y agoLink? Uh, for science.
- Roritharr 9y agoFastBill.com/jobs Only in German at the moment, sorry, will be updated soon. We have English only devs working for us and our working language is english.
- ianai 9y agoIf you offer relocation I'd totally do it. Part of my family left Germany in the 1850s (ish)
- Roritharr 9y agoDepending on your priorities, a move to Germany/Europe as an US based software engineer might be something you think about longer. Without going deeper into that discussion: The salaries are mostly lower for software engineers than in the US while the taxes are higher. Counter to that is the stronger social net, universal healthcare, unemployment benefits. It gets obviously more complex depending on where you move as the cost of living fluctuates wildly.
- tormeh 9y ago>Part of my family left Germany in the 1850s That doesn't really matter as much as it seems you think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIMA2f6JmvE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIMA2f6JmvE
- phil21 9y agoEasily the most competent people I've ever hired or worked with worked for adult companies. Coming back into the "real world" after my time spent in adult was like going back to high school in terms of social dynamics within the workplace (politics and niceness over competence). Everything moves in slow motion comparatively.
- digi_owl 9y agoYeah I guess when you have to deal with busybodies from one side, and wannabe hackers from the other there is little room for antics.
- phil21 9y agoOn-line porn is not the refuge it once was. There are maybe half a dozen companies of any size these days to work for on the tech side. The industry has vastly consolidated and the margins are now much leaner than they once were. No more refuge for that smart hacker type who has a computer crime felony on his record, unfortunately. It was one of the last places on earth folks like that could provide value.
- theparanoid 9y agoRemote contracting is place to be for that guy, now.