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Hey, know a couple folks working in adult companies including the big one like Pornhub,Xhamsters, xxx.com. They mostly employed through a proxy IT shop that from the first glance has nothing to do with adult technology. Also AFAIK you're not allowed to state in your CV the name of the product you have been working on.

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>They mostly employed through a proxy IT shop that from the first glance has nothing to do with adult technology.

aka Geekmind

Mindgeek

Which is on the verge of being renamed to Aylo: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837670/pornhub-parent-c...

Interesting, hadn't seen that the CEO stepped down. Rebranding after acquisition to distance themselves a bit from him is a reasonable move. The guy was shady as fuck. Though, the company has a reputation for being a sweatshop in the engineering and video editing departments. I don't thing a rebrand or private equity is going fix that any time soon.

I'd be interested to learn more about that, how does that work? Are they subcontractors? Hired directly through that shop? Is that shop owned by outside people or does the tendrils of whoever owns those sites extend there? Such a fascinating, underground world that doesn't see much light.

Imagine working in an outstaffing company like EPAM or Cognizant, but you only work for a single client. The shop is not owned by outside people and has little interest in having more than one customer.

Come to Cyprus one day, you will get a flavor of undergrad tech of all kinds – gambling, adult tech, betting, etc. All these guys are legally operating in the dark mode and sitting on a ton cash of money without VC support.

> 'flavor of undergrad tech'

'underground'! Very Freudian slip...

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