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Maybe they did good work and felt proud of it and thought the hiring managers could look past the content of the product of the company and look at the real wor

Maybe they did good work and felt proud of it and thought the hiring managers could look past the content of the product of the company and look at the real work needed to deliver that product.

imwillofficial 5y ago
Unfortunately, here on planet earth, people are not always reasonable, logical, or act in their best interests. We must calibrate our messaging to have the intended effect. If what you’re putting out isn’t being received as intended, modulate the signal.
- sdoering 5y ago
  Exactly. That is why such a entry in your resume works like a great filter. If I had worked in NSFW and an application would get rejected because of that I would sincerely thank my former job for saving me a job in an environment I would not want to touch with a ten foot pole. If people in (even small power) like HR drones abuse their position as to flag a resume because of such a former experience I doubt there is a company culture of honesty, openness, respect or value of the individual. To me personally a great filter to have. If one is desperately in need of a job. OK - remove it and try to jump ship once secured in the current place.
  - imwillofficial 5y ago
    A great non-obvious take. I like it.
  - wldcordeiro 5y ago
    Good summary of my thoughts on this, thanks for jumping!
  - samhw 5y ago
    > If people in (even small power) like HR drones abuse their position I call this the traffic warden principle: Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. A really tiny amount of power, in one specific area of your life, corrupts even more. (Also, FWIW, it's "people in (even small) power", not "people in (even small power)".)
- toyg 5y ago
  TBF, that calculation is only necessary in some circumstances. Want to get into FAANG? Corporate HR is dominated by women, better clean up your act. Wanna get hired by the hot bro-startup to be single-digit-employee? No purge necessary - if anything, those blue entries will score more points.
code_runner 5y ago
It sounds as if they’ve learned otherwise through first hand experience at this point. Seems like a way to shock the people actually putting real effort into vetting a candidates resume/credentials. Maybe a warning that it’s nsfw would cause less extreme reactions.

Maybe they did good work and felt proud of it and thought the hiring managers could look past the content of the product of the company and look at the real work needed to deliver that product.

imwillofficial 5y ago

Unfortunately, here on planet earth, people are not always reasonable, logical, or act in their best interests. We must calibrate our messaging to have the intended effect. If what you’re putting out isn’t being received as intended, modulate the signal.

sdoering 5y ago
Exactly. That is why such a entry in your resume works like a great filter. If I had worked in NSFW and an application would get rejected because of that I would sincerely thank my former job for saving me a job in an environment I would not want to touch with a ten foot pole. If people in (even small power) like HR drones abuse their position as to flag a resume because of such a former experience I doubt there is a company culture of honesty, openness, respect or value of the individual. To me personally a great filter to have. If one is desperately in need of a job. OK - remove it and try to jump ship once secured in the current place.
- imwillofficial 5y ago
  A great non-obvious take. I like it.
- wldcordeiro 5y ago
  Good summary of my thoughts on this, thanks for jumping!
- samhw 5y ago
  > If people in (even small power) like HR drones abuse their position I call this the traffic warden principle: Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. A really tiny amount of power, in one specific area of your life, corrupts even more. (Also, FWIW, it's "people in (even small) power", not "people in (even small power)".)
toyg 5y ago
TBF, that calculation is only necessary in some circumstances. Want to get into FAANG? Corporate HR is dominated by women, better clean up your act. Wanna get hired by the hot bro-startup to be single-digit-employee? No purge necessary - if anything, those blue entries will score more points.

code_runner 5y ago

It sounds as if they’ve learned otherwise through first hand experience at this point. Seems like a way to shock the people actually putting real effort into vetting a candidates resume/credentials. Maybe a warning that it’s nsfw would cause less extreme reactions.