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Alex's Trip 11.20.2008 09:28 AM

When I was at my aunts wedding about 5 years ago, this guy that did web design for pron sites was talking to me a lot (not about the porn, I was too young then), he seemed pretty happy. And I overheard that he loved his job.

shentov 11.20.2008 10:54 AM

go for the job. i'd kill to have this job right now that i got rid of my drug habit. way to go.

Inhuman 11.20.2008 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead-Air
I've had two friends do exactly this type of work now, and mostly it's just a job. Neither of them strike me as the types who would even care about porn if they weren't getting paid, and the companies don't mind that at all.

My friend who's doing it currently up in Seattle says it's a very professional atmosphere and the only weird thing is that your computer screen often has something on it for work reasons that you would get fired for having on it at any other job.

I don't see why you couldn't put it on your portfolio either. Of course you'd take it pretty easy on the samples and probably make it removable if clients were conservative. But otherwise, it would just show lots of clients you can be paid to do work that goes outside the mainstream. A lot of non-porn customers might appreciate that.

So the objections you've listed don't really hold water. The thing you have to ask yourself, and this would keep me from wanting to take such a job, can you stand to be inundated with a lot of visual images of potentially gross sexual stuff all day long that you are not choosing for yourself at all? Many people can handle that fine, and if they have programming or design skills, I say go make the bucks. You are not necessarily a prude if you think it would make you nauseated to be exposed to that sort of thing all the time. A lot of porn is plain ugly, and you don't get to choose if you're getting paid to work with it.


That's definitely helpful to know, especially as there tends to be a decent amount of openings for this kind of stuff. I'll keep this in mind in case of any future openings, the one I applied for drastically lowered their compensation to $35/website (what???). Generally speaking most of these jobs pay very well though and it's good to know it's a professional atmosphere.


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Originally Posted by XXX JOBS
You will have a maximum of two (2) weeks to get it all done! You will be working with Adult Entertainment content… therefore you MUST be over eighteen (18) with two (2) pieces of PHOTO identification (photo copies for our files is required), which you MUST bring with you when you come in for an interview.
You MUST be able to work with homosexual, lesbian, and heterosexual photos and word content… if you are not able to… PLEASE do NOT respond to this posting.

PLEASE bring on your Laptop or Notebook samples of your work to demonstrate your COMPETENT coding abilities and be prepared to hit the ground running ASAP!

Please respond at your earliest opportunity if you are qualified.
We are prepared to pay between C$25.00 - C$35.00 max/pager for this Website. If this price is NOT satisfactory for you, PLEASE do not waste your time. That’s the budget!!!


shentov 11.20.2008 11:40 AM

so it gets out of question, this job?
don't give up though, a job is a job is a job, so eventually something would come up your HQ.

much lick... I mean luck.

EVOLghost 11.20.2008 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by davenotdead
so is there gonna be, uh, "SYBoardie Free Tuesdays!" or something? and then we can have amazing circle jerk threads, and that might liven this place up... I for one, can't wait to collectively wank with Glice and Clone. and then to be able to talk about it in a designated and officially recognized circle jerk thread would make it so so sweet


It would rid us of the boredom that people say lurks around here.

greedrex 11.20.2008 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by shentov

much lick... I mean luck.

ha ha "GOOD LICK!"

max 11.20.2008 06:44 PM

I don't understand why there's a whole buncha mentions for the circle jerk around SYG lately.
creeps me out.

greedrex 11.20.2008 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by max
I don't understand why there's a whole buncha mentions for the circle jerk around SYG lately.
creeps me out.

where? who? why?

schizophrenicroom 11.20.2008 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Inhuman
...Doing design or web developing. Thing is the pay is great, and it would be a super way to move to Montreal. Plus I can get you all free subscriptions, and premium membership for Rob Instigator (oh will he ever like that).
On the contrary it is working with porn and I can't put it in my portfolio. Good idea?


go for it! dead-air summed up my thoughts. i mean, design is design, if you do good work, put it in your portfolio.

Dead-Air 11.20.2008 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Inhuman
That's definitely helpful to know, especially as there tends to be a decent amount of openings for this kind of stuff. I'll keep this in mind in case of any future openings, the one I applied for drastically lowered their compensation to $35/website (what???). Generally speaking most of these jobs pay very well though and it's good to know it's a professional atmosphere.


What absolute fucking cheap-skates! There are definitely going to be some sketchy fuckers in the porn industry, but then web design in general is a magnet for those types, isn't it? I'd say, look for a company that offers compensation that sounds reasonable in real world terms. My friend in Seattle's job has a 401K plan.


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