Is Working For the Gambling Industry a Black Mark?

An anonymous reader writes 'I'm a recent university graduate and I have been offered a software developer position in a company that supplies software to the gambling and betting industry. At first I was very excited about the opportunity, however, a few of my friends have told me that working for the gambling industry will put a permanent black mark on my career as a software developer. I don't know that many people in the industry with experience in hiring. Google has not helped, and everybody else I ask doesn't know. So I'm asking Slashdot. In your experience is this true? When you hire developers, is the fact that they worked for a gambling company a big turn off? Also, I'm currently in the UK, but would like the freedom of working in US or somewhere else later on in life. So experience from anywhere in the world is welcome.'

Comments

Not a black mark

[Anonymous Coward]

More of a roll of the dice.

Re:Not a black mark

[mockchoi]

oh and one more thing they tend to pay Very well with fringe benefits

I'm simultaneously very curious and very, very scared.

Re:Not a black mark

[AugstWest]

I'm simultaneously very curious and very, very scared. You're on /. and from Wisconsin. That's perfectly normal.

Personally

[Anonymous Coward]

Personally, I've never heard of this. But do you really want to gamble with your career?

/rimshot

Re:Isn't that a highly regulated industry?

[KevinKnSC]

As long as none of your references are named Guido, you should be fine.

I guess Python isn't used much in the gambling industry.

great experience

[sohp]

The way banks and other financial services companies operate these days, working in gambling would be a GREAT introduction to the world of credit default swaps and mortgage-backed securities. Next stop: WALL STREET!