My first full time job coding, 2012, was creating a Netflix clone Christian entertainment streaming service, i.e. Kirk Cameron movies. I don't know too much about being an evangelical Christian outside of being tricked into a ski weekend in 7th grade and tricked into a few revivals later. I've read the Bible and Commandments like thou shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, and thou shall not kill are some quality values that I would especially like to see in politicians. Overall, I think Jesus was a very cool dude. I had no moral problem with what I was doing and I needed the job.
For some context there were only two companies sharing the building, this company and Newsmax, while Rush Limbaugh studio was right down the road at the time. There were a few developers before me who failed and some problems with a contractor shipping code that didn't work requiring me to figure out how to create a payment system. Nonetheless, I get it online, it works perfect, and they start to get subscribers. I'm watching some of the on demand and some of the scheduled shows realizing that they are injecting ultra right wing political propaganda and conspiracy theories along with movies about Biblical events.
So I give one month notice but I don't tell them why. They offer me a $25,000 raise. I say no again. They offer $1 for any subscription conversion after the first one week free incentive. That one was tough because it would have net several hundred thousand dollars for that first year. They are willing to pay massive salaries to people who help them push the conspiracy theories.
The owner of the company eventually got caught up in an office sex scandal and sold off the service.
I can understand the temptation Joe Rogan submitted to in order to take the money. I had a friend invite me a while back with a spare ticket to the Comedy Mother Ship in Austin for open mic night. Bill Burr did 15 minutes. However throughout the night one amateur comedian after another were making the most disgusting jokes about harming children. What I don't understand about Joe Rogan is how he invites people like that into his home while he has young daughters.
For some context there were only two companies sharing the building, this company and Newsmax, while Rush Limbaugh studio was right down the road at the time. There were a few developers before me who failed and some problems with a contractor shipping code that didn't work requiring me to figure out how to create a payment system. Nonetheless, I get it online, it works perfect, and they start to get subscribers. I'm watching some of the on demand and some of the scheduled shows realizing that they are injecting ultra right wing political propaganda and conspiracy theories along with movies about Biblical events.
So I give one month notice but I don't tell them why. They offer me a $25,000 raise. I say no again. They offer $1 for any subscription conversion after the first one week free incentive. That one was tough because it would have net several hundred thousand dollars for that first year. They are willing to pay massive salaries to people who help them push the conspiracy theories.
The owner of the company eventually got caught up in an office sex scandal and sold off the service.
I can understand the temptation Joe Rogan submitted to in order to take the money. I had a friend invite me a while back with a spare ticket to the Comedy Mother Ship in Austin for open mic night. Bill Burr did 15 minutes. However throughout the night one amateur comedian after another were making the most disgusting jokes about harming children. What I don't understand about Joe Rogan is how he invites people like that into his home while he has young daughters.