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question: would you yourself want that "badge of sysadmin honor" on your resume? I feel that if it were to be known that I was involved with this in any way, i

by riffic 5y ago

question: would you yourself want that "badge of sysadmin honor" on your resume? I feel that if it were to be known that I was involved with this in any way, it'd kill every future job prospect I'd be willing to take. And you'd better keep your resume up to date considering how quick the employer here is known to be in issuing pink slips and other forms of workplace hostility.

h2odragon 5y ago
Good point. Depends on your goals. If you wanted to be generally employable, no; no matter your actual ideology associating with the wrong tribe can be lethal now. If you're comfortable phrasing it as "maintained high load servers in extremely adversarial circumstances" it might be worth it... If you can find an employer who can value that without judging why you might choose to do it.
- krapp 5y ago
  >If you can find an employer who can value that without judging why you might choose to do it. I've seen job boards posted here for employers to exclusively filter for conservative and right-wing employees. Half the US would not only hire such a person, they'd probably give them a raise for the cause.
  - riffic 5y ago
    politics aside, these are red flags for hostile working environments and will repel anyone with competence.
    - maccolgan 5y ago
      What do you do when the only non-hostile working environments hire people not of your tribe?
      - riffic 5y ago
        consult.
brigandish 5y ago
> I feel that if it were to be known that I was involved with this in any way, it'd kill every future job prospect I'd be willing to take. If true, and I agree with you that I think it is, it's a sad indictment on the industry and the polarisation of society in general.