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> I feel like it would be more difficult to find new employment outside the industry due to the negative stigma attached. I don't share this feeling at all. No

> I feel like it would be more difficult to find new employment outside the industry due to the negative stigma attached. I don't share this feeling at all. None of my peers would have any stigma attached to anyone we knew worked in this industry. In fact, if anything the opposite would be true. The porn industry deals with scale that most others don't, and often leads innovation on things like video players. It's not uncommon to see youtube copy features that showed up first on a porn site.

alphachloride 6y ago
I do not know if one data point, or an anecdotal observation, can be generalized. A good measure would be to look at companies developers worked for after leaving an adult website (for e.g. MindGeek aka Pornhub). And then look at average pay change, duration of stay etc.
- distrill 6y ago
  Sure, but as far as I can tell nobody in this comment thread is proposing a generalization be derived. We were both sharing how we felt about people having worked in the porn industry.
wtracy 6y ago
I don't care whether my peers feel any stigma. I care about what the hiring manager feels. I'm convinced that the mid/upper management at the B2B companies I've worked at (and the one defense contractor I've worked at) would not be pleased. OTOH, Google, Facebook, and Amazon probably wouldn't care. Of course, I've never worked for an adult entertainment network, so I don't actually know.
- Mikushi 6y ago
  You'd be wrong, I worked in public sector, for defense and other corp related gigs and it's never been an issue. What I've learned in my years at Pornhub is invaluable and has made finding a job stupid easy.
  - user5994461 6y ago
    Agreed. I would add that the other way around is harder (from defense to other tech industries). There is bias in US tech circles against working in defense and you can't talk openly about what you did depending on the project.

alphachloride 6y ago

I do not know if one data point, or an anecdotal observation, can be generalized. A good measure would be to look at companies developers worked for after leaving an adult website (for e.g. MindGeek aka Pornhub). And then look at average pay change, duration of stay etc.

distrill 6y ago
Sure, but as far as I can tell nobody in this comment thread is proposing a generalization be derived. We were both sharing how we felt about people having worked in the porn industry.

wtracy 6y ago

I don't care whether my peers feel any stigma. I care about what the hiring manager feels. I'm convinced that the mid/upper management at the B2B companies I've worked at (and the one defense contractor I've worked at) would not be pleased. OTOH, Google, Facebook, and Amazon probably wouldn't care. Of course, I've never worked for an adult entertainment network, so I don't actually know.

Mikushi 6y ago
You'd be wrong, I worked in public sector, for defense and other corp related gigs and it's never been an issue. What I've learned in my years at Pornhub is invaluable and has made finding a job stupid easy.
- user5994461 6y ago
  Agreed. I would add that the other way around is harder (from defense to other tech industries). There is bias in US tech circles against working in defense and you can't talk openly about what you did depending on the project.