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.
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 :)
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.
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?
