Re: Google - how far do you go?

[Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>]

That's one of the downsides of working on-site... one has to worry about 
being branded a porn surfer just by landing inadvertently on a porn 
site. Working at home, it doesn't kill the usefulness of the search 
engine for me although I have to confess, it's been a really long time 
(probably getting close to ten years) since clicking on a link on a 
search results page brought me to a porn site. I suspect that's mostly 
because I've gotten much better at the use of queries. I had forgotten 
those moments of mad scramble to close a window and looking over my 
shoulder in the hopes that nobody had seen what had popped up on my 
screen. It still amazes me when I see an article about how some 
senior-level executive gets given the heave-ho for spending much of 
their day browsing porn sites. Sheesh.

I do have to relate that I once worked with a senior-level developer who 
did that sort of stuff. Fortunately for him, he was a partner, the 
primary developer, and really superb at what he did. Not only that but 
he had a private, windowless office and kept the door closed at all 
times. That worked well also to throttle back the really loud music he 
played all day long. Only guy I knew who would simultaneously write code 
on two keyboards at once.

Best Regards,

Mike
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On 4/2/2014 4:24 PM, Gene Kim-Eng wrote: