Late last year I had a recruiter contact me for a web developer position working at one of the major adult entertainment industry companies. Interesting I thought. Would I take the position if I got it, I don’t know. Would you? The salary was between $90k – $95k. Very tempting!
They were looking specifically for Laravel developers in this area and I guess that list is pretty short. I have had several other recruiters contact me for other positions because I am a Laravel developer so it’s a growing trend here.
This office was located in one of those “office park” type areas. Multiple office spaces in a building with several more buildings near by. The biggest thing I noticed was a security system on the doors. As I waited in the lobby numerous employees all going in and out putting their RFID badges near the reader. At first I thought this was weird, but with the kind of content this company puts out, they might get some crazies from time to time. Postal 2 anybody?
The interview was like most others. You chat and get to know each other. They ask some technical questions, you ask your questions, yadda yadda yadda. One question they asked that I had not heard before was “Will your family be ok with it?”. Some will, sure, some won’t but at the end of the day, they don’t pay my mortgage (or rent at the time) so they don’t get a say in it.
After the q/a session we went around and they showed me the office and where the developers were. I was a bit surprised to see the setup. 4 or 5 people cramped into a tiny office. We don’t need a lot of space but if you are claustrophobic, this area isn’t good for you. I don’t recall seeing any windows in there. Then we continued walking around the entire office space. The video editing team is out in the middle. Think of setting up cubicles on a basketball floor. To the right of us are these giant windows with blue lights glowing. A massive server room. I wanted to go in, but it didn’t happen. Boo!
The biggest thing I learned is there are various degrees of “X” rated films.
At the end, I didn’t get the job. I wasn’t to bummed by it as I liked my current job anyways. Plus, it’s always good to increase your interview skills and makes for a good story.