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I'm also from Europe, and find it shows a poor sense of judgement, mostly because the image is not necessary to prove the points being made. The other problem

I'm also from Europe, and find it shows a poor sense of judgement, mostly because the image is not necessary to prove the points being made. The other problem I have is, as you say, the image is suggestive. Imagine someone at your office glancing at your monitor whilst walking past. Would they bat an eyelid? I can't think of many workplaces outside of the porn industry where your professionalism wouldn't be called into question, however briefly.

Xylakant 14y ago
Actually, yes. I'd be absolutely unconcerned to have the picture on my screen since it's obviously a screen cap in some article. In some work places I worked I'd be more concerned about coworkers/clients seing me reading a blog on paid time instead of coding than about that screencap.
- mootothemax 14y ago
  Actually, yes. I'd be absolutely unconcerned to have the picture on my screen since it's obviously a screen cap in some article. Wow, that's interesting and surprising; where are you based, and what types of companies have you been working for? I'm definitely haven't worked in lots of cultures, but have worked in offices in the UK, Poland, Belgium and Germany, for major companies and for small, and in each one of them, Questions Would Be Asked were I to have that image on my screen, and in most cases - but admittedly not all - my professionalism would be called into question. In some work places I worked I'd be more concerned about coworkers/clients seing me reading a blog on paid time instead of coding than about that screencap. Hehe, well that's a very different argument, and one that you and I agree on :)
  - Xylakant 14y ago
    I'm currently berlin based, but worked all around germany from bavaria in munich, stuttgart, karlsruhe and cologne. I worked for all kinds of companies that revolve around web stuff, been the tech lead of a top 25 ranked web-development shop and had anything from tiny via government jobs to enterprise-class customers. However, I didn't do short-term jobs with changing coworkers, so I guess it's a bit about how well you know your coworkers and how much trust you have in them. It might draw a tongue-in-cheek kind of remark, but not a serious question of my professional abilities. I'm more curious about the fact that people could obviously be afraid that this might be a firing offense - and I can't think of a single place where this could be possibly used to construct a case.
  - freshhawk 14y ago
    Just for another data point, I'm in Vancouver, Canada and have never worked somewhere where I would be concerned having that article on my screen. That includes working at a very socially conservative workplace run by an evangelical christian and consulting for a government agency in a fairly corporate environment. Some people might do a double take because of the subject matter of that image I suppose but nothing I would need to worry about, it's embedded in a technical article and it's PG-13 material. I would worry far more about reading blogs than the PG-13 screencap that only really references the existence of porn sites. I find it interesting and surprising that there are this many people with such a different experience. Are you working in very corporate environments?
onli 14y ago
>mostly because the image is not necessary to prove the points being made That's not totally true. The screenshot fits perfectly well, because it not only shows the effect of a now know-to-be-known email, it also shows in which context this might be an issue.

Xylakant 14y ago

Actually, yes. I'd be absolutely unconcerned to have the picture on my screen since it's obviously a screen cap in some article. In some work places I worked I'd be more concerned about coworkers/clients seing me reading a blog on paid time instead of coding than about that screencap.

mootothemax 14y ago
Actually, yes. I'd be absolutely unconcerned to have the picture on my screen since it's obviously a screen cap in some article. Wow, that's interesting and surprising; where are you based, and what types of companies have you been working for? I'm definitely haven't worked in lots of cultures, but have worked in offices in the UK, Poland, Belgium and Germany, for major companies and for small, and in each one of them, Questions Would Be Asked were I to have that image on my screen, and in most cases - but admittedly not all - my professionalism would be called into question. In some work places I worked I'd be more concerned about coworkers/clients seing me reading a blog on paid time instead of coding than about that screencap. Hehe, well that's a very different argument, and one that you and I agree on :)
- Xylakant 14y ago
  I'm currently berlin based, but worked all around germany from bavaria in munich, stuttgart, karlsruhe and cologne. I worked for all kinds of companies that revolve around web stuff, been the tech lead of a top 25 ranked web-development shop and had anything from tiny via government jobs to enterprise-class customers. However, I didn't do short-term jobs with changing coworkers, so I guess it's a bit about how well you know your coworkers and how much trust you have in them. It might draw a tongue-in-cheek kind of remark, but not a serious question of my professional abilities. I'm more curious about the fact that people could obviously be afraid that this might be a firing offense - and I can't think of a single place where this could be possibly used to construct a case.
- freshhawk 14y ago
  Just for another data point, I'm in Vancouver, Canada and have never worked somewhere where I would be concerned having that article on my screen. That includes working at a very socially conservative workplace run by an evangelical christian and consulting for a government agency in a fairly corporate environment. Some people might do a double take because of the subject matter of that image I suppose but nothing I would need to worry about, it's embedded in a technical article and it's PG-13 material. I would worry far more about reading blogs than the PG-13 screencap that only really references the existence of porn sites. I find it interesting and surprising that there are this many people with such a different experience. Are you working in very corporate environments?

onli 14y ago

>mostly because the image is not necessary to prove the points being made That's not totally true. The screenshot fits perfectly well, because it not only shows the effect of a now know-to-be-known email, it also shows in which context this might be an issue.