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Image recognition for cameras on tanks and ships using Nvidia Jetson. Job ad wasn’t very informative, and didn’t even mention they were military contractors. In

by sshine 1y ago

Image recognition for cameras on tanks and ships using Nvidia Jetson. Job ad wasn’t very informative, and didn’t even mention they were military contractors. In the interview they kept using kittens as the example of something you wouldn’t shoot. And that I shouldn’t worry, because they only sell these systems to the good countries. Had me sit and read the employee manual for 30 minutes at the first interview. They had a strict “no porn at work” policy. Fortunately the other place I interviewed offered +15% on salary.

atlgator 1y ago
Out of curiosity, is the porn at work policy less strict at the job you accepted?
- sshine 1y ago
  I’ve never worked anywhere with a “no porn at work” policy. In my country we let people figure out for themselves how to spend a restroom break. Felt like these guys had had an incident, and now every candidate then has to promise to sleep with their hands above the blanket.
- BobaFloutist 1y ago
  Even if you agree with not watching porn at work on principle, it's weird to have it as an explicit policy. It's like if the employee manual has a "No stealing the office supplies" or a "No office fight-clubs" policy.
  - dragonwriter 1y ago
    > Even if you agree with not watching porn at work on principle, it's weird to have it as an explicit policy. It's like if the employee manual has a "No stealing the office supplies" or a "No office fight-clubs" policy. No personal use (with incidental use exceptions for some items, and often exhaustive examples of what is and isn't incidental) of company property and zero tolerance for workplace violence of any kind policies are pretty common, IME.
    - sshine 1y ago
      They’re common expectations, not common policies. Whenever there’s a policy, it means someone did something, and they had to make a rule. No sunbathing on the roof. No eating the office supplies. I’m certainly going to create a No office fight clubs - Management and hang it in the next office I visit.
    - BobaFloutist 1y ago
      Sure, and if there was a policy of no sexual harassment including openly watching porn, wearing sexually explicit apparel, or discussing your active sex life and a policy of no using your employer's internet for personal matters other than direct communication with family and friends, especially calling out watching porn, pirating digital media, or playing videogames as examples, that would be one thing. It's having an explicit, naked, unadorned policy specifically stating "Don't watch porn on company time" not in the context of an umbrella policy that's strange. Much like having an aside "Also don't start a fight club please" or "By the way, don't stuff your bag full of office supplies" would be weird.

by sshine 1y ago

atlgator 1y ago

Out of curiosity, is the porn at work policy less strict at the job you accepted?

sshine 1y ago
I’ve never worked anywhere with a “no porn at work” policy. In my country we let people figure out for themselves how to spend a restroom break. Felt like these guys had had an incident, and now every candidate then has to promise to sleep with their hands above the blanket.
BobaFloutist 1y ago
Even if you agree with not watching porn at work on principle, it's weird to have it as an explicit policy. It's like if the employee manual has a "No stealing the office supplies" or a "No office fight-clubs" policy.
- dragonwriter 1y ago
  > Even if you agree with not watching porn at work on principle, it's weird to have it as an explicit policy. It's like if the employee manual has a "No stealing the office supplies" or a "No office fight-clubs" policy. No personal use (with incidental use exceptions for some items, and often exhaustive examples of what is and isn't incidental) of company property and zero tolerance for workplace violence of any kind policies are pretty common, IME.
  - sshine 1y ago
    They’re common expectations, not common policies. Whenever there’s a policy, it means someone did something, and they had to make a rule. No sunbathing on the roof. No eating the office supplies. I’m certainly going to create a No office fight clubs - Management and hang it in the next office I visit.
  - BobaFloutist 1y ago
    Sure, and if there was a policy of no sexual harassment including openly watching porn, wearing sexually explicit apparel, or discussing your active sex life and a policy of no using your employer's internet for personal matters other than direct communication with family and friends, especially calling out watching porn, pirating digital media, or playing videogames as examples, that would be one thing. It's having an explicit, naked, unadorned policy specifically stating "Don't watch porn on company time" not in the context of an umbrella policy that's strange. Much like having an aside "Also don't start a fight club please" or "By the way, don't stuff your bag full of office supplies" would be weird.