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it'a catch 22 with some of those companies. 1. they don't hire often & usually have small teams 2. they make so much money, that they don't make noise about it
by dzonga 2y ago
it'a catch 22 with some of those companies.
1. they don't hire often & usually have small teams
2. they make so much money, that they don't make noise about it. & you won't hear about them, unless one day you randomly run into one of their employees saying they're hiring on reddit / hn
3. they work in unsexy industries or high risk stuff e.g gambling
4. they're usually located in places you wouldn't expect
- ozim 2y agoHigh risk stuff pays well but I take my decent salary making crud web apps over it, along with work life balance and no stress.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoSame. I'm 40, and I have a wife and child. I will absolutely give up those rock star salaries if it means having the time to spend with them, and not taking ulcer medication.
- Zambyte 2y agoWhat are some examples of unsexy industries that are high paying?
- amonith 2y agoIronically probably porn is the most unsexy on a CV.
- PaulHoule 2y agoFunny I worked for a place that, before I was there, was a major vendor of search engines for the porn industry despite the owner being a conservative mutual fund manager. (e.g. I had a poster for an ETN I liked on the wall of my office and it got taken down before he visited) I know things went bad and I had something in my contract that I'd be immediately dismissed if I was found to have pornography on my laptop or any other computer belonging to the company.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoRight now, anyone who works in text-to-image or interacts with the website Civit.AI is effectively “working in porn” as an AI engineer.
- amonith 2y agoWhy would gambling be high risk for employees? Unless you compare it to some cushy govt job it isn't really more "layoff-prone" than others.
- epc 2y agoLayoffs are not the primary risk of being an employee at a gambling company.
- amonith 2y agoThen what is? I know the higher ups / owners have to deal with some straight up mafia shit or money laundering but a gambling company doesn't really look bad on a CV the way porn industry or even a government job (at least here in Poland) does.
- totallymike 2y agoYou’ve piqued my curiosity. What would you say is the primary risk of being an employee at a gambling company?
- jefc1111 2y agoI have no expertise here but I'd guess changes in legislation torpedo'ing the business model is probably a big risk.
- amonith 2y agoAll startups are probably way more risky. Law works against gambling. Entire market works against startups.
- camdenreslink 2y agoPossibly reputation risk. Future employers may pass over applicants that worked at gambling companies if they consider it unsavory.
- epc 2y ago