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Software Firm Looking To Hire Naked Coders
Nude House, a Buckinghamshire computer software and naturist company, is looking for coders who aren't afraid to let a few Cheetos fall where no Cheetos have fallen before. The company would like to become the first all nude tech business. From the article: "Company spokesman Chris Taylor told The Register: 'As far as I am aware this is not only the first UK office job for naturists in web-coding or web-selling, but is also the first worldwide facility for naturists to earn substantial sums of money from work that incidentally provides them with the capability to work entirely without clothes.'"
first worldwide facility for naturists to earn substantial sums of money from work that incidentally provides them with the capability to work entirely without clothes
Um... I can think of a few others. Just sayin'.
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on my resume
Is a webcam required?
Some companies will do anything to get a little publicity. Oh look, it worked.
Better known as 318230.
I thought telecommuting had been around for some time.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
A goddamn sausage fest is not a pretty site. Plus given the typical programmer's appearance... oh God help me!
Imagine how the one and only female programmer would feel.
I work from home you insensitive clods!
Working from home people... I'm "working" right now while eating a bacon sandwich. Oops dropped some... no Rex... no... ok well maybe just this once...
A job like this is just plan nuts.
Here I thought this was another telecommuting story...until I read the article...
Good luck on their janitors' with the monthly stains on the seats!!!
My job is totally undeserving of the pants I have to put on before I go to work, but this still is a bit over the top. Clothing on most people is out of consideration and respect for others. No one should have to see the typical coder naked.....the horror, the horror.
It sounds like a wonderful place to work!
you forgot the bad hygiene. clothing helps mask shitty-ass-sweat odor
Sounds like a sexual harassment lawsuite in the making... Now if only they can find a woman who can code.
Any guesses as to what kind of copy protection they'll use? :-)
Just think, somebody's naked butt would get wiped on that cloth ten times per day. That's a deal-breaker right there.
Since fabrics absorb liquids, I'd imagine being nude would actually help against spilled scalding beverages. Don't suppose anyone has done any tests?
Better than the daily ones from the men.
How are sites slashdotted when nobody reads TFAs?
They'll easily know if you're on "non-work related" sites at work.
I don't know about this. Not that I am shy or anything, but I think having me work in the nude might turn off lots of females.
then why are they using computers?
a room full of naked coders is a scene straight from hell
It's like the mind going AWOL, it's there somewhere
Bare skin on pleather is just no fun. As long as their chairs have either nice fabric coverings, I'm game.
// file: mice.h
#include "frickin_lasers.h"
How does this not fall under a discrimination law, how can you be able to hire based on if a applicant is willing to take off their cloths or not?
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
I applaud this. Working naked would be so much more comfortable in general. As to those who would think about butt sweat and germs, well, each person can just bring their own towel to sit on, or better yet, bring your own chair. Then sitter beware. ;)
Not really something I have any plans on testing...
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For anyone worried about how they look naked, stop worrying. Most of the people at nudist colonies are pretty average (well, actually, usually a little older). Go walk around naked in your own house once in a while, and get more comfortable in your own skin. It's a good thing to do from time to time.
// file: mice.h
#include "frickin_lasers.h"
I've done some bare metal machine language programming. Does that count?
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
Finally everybody would want to work with sea-pig....i mean woman-developer. Are these guys going to open an office in Canada? :P
Photography gig ever.
Nope. There is no reason they have to tell her that she is not hired because of her burka..........Simple, ain't?
Their site: http://nude-house.com
First off their software is lame. Javascript image maps and they are selling that for $2500 no way anyone would buy that in qty.
Also red flags...
Meta description tag: Nude-House combines real houses filled with naked ladies and the clients wanting to photograph, paint, draw and paint upon them. A bit kike a permanent Naked-Office to bond the workers more."
As long as the receptionist is hot. Though that might cause problems with concentration and blood flow...
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Do I have to know coding?
Am I the only one who seemed to have RTFA and noticed that they're hiring women coders only?
Well, since it actually says:
All new applicants will be naturists and could be males or females
It sounds like the author was just trying to make the article more sensational.
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i agree....... whaaaaaaaa~~~~
hopefully the male female ratio isnt very one sided
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This brings a whole new meaning to "pants check".
Now I'll never get the image of dozens of naked Jeff Albertsons sitting in cubicles eating cheesey poofs, surfing the web, having holy wars about Perl vs Python vs Ruby etc.
BTW, how will the pizza delivery be handled? You could really give a pizza delivery person a jolt when they walk into the room with the extra super deluxe monster extra everything pizzas....
putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
I'm thinking shoes in the data center are still a good idea. I'm also thinking that having something between your lower body and that hot laptop would also be a good idea. I'm also not excited about the ripping sound you'll hear after a long coding session in a leather chair. I've also got no interest in seeing the vast majority of my colleagues naked. I'm also wondering what they do for lunch. Does everyone bring one from home?
Do the outside sales reps wear their birthday suits on sales calls, too?
If so, I want them to hire Keeley Hazell and assign her to my region....
I'm guessing that most female coders are not the kind of person you want to see naked unless you're into greasy butterhogs.
No cameras in the office. No cell phones with cameras in the office. Hell, no sketchpads in the office. Really, it is for the greater good. I'm not talking privacy either.
dull-eyed footstool-temporary octopus
And comedy is all about timing.
Please have one clothed employee with the sole job of picking up things that have been dropped on the floor.
dull-eyed footstool-temporary octopus
I can't help thinking how godawful it would be to have to do any maintenance on them.
"Here's what's happening. You're starting to drive like your Dad..." - Red Green
At least they do not have to worry about ESD. ...and somehow that seem like a dirty thing to say
Mutated by Scientists.
How about Hawaii or, maybe, Singapore, but who wants to hang in the London fog? We're talking really tight code, if you get my drift.
He can earn the big bucks now.
Sometimes they have issues when there software turns into hardware.
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Please don't leave shit stains on the office chairs.
No. No it does not.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
The question is "but?" But, will I be able to still respect the icons I venerate for ever more? With their beards, horn-rimmed glasses and shaped bellies?
It is save to assume the answer is most likely an ubiquitous "Yes!" My wild guess is that the main reason for this would be that such a ridiculous proposition would never ever cross their minds. Brain-cycles will most likely be saved for real problems and issues.
I hadn't the slightest objection to his spending his time planning massacres for the bourgeoisie... (P.G. Wodehouse)
You just let it all hang out.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Boy, that's just what I want! To work with a bunch of other fat, bald geek males in a room devoted to serious coding! Sort of like "living with goatse" all of the time, tech balls to the wall, so to speak.
Not.
Unless, of course, the just "naturally" attracts all of the young, svelte, female, sexy nude coders. I'm sure there are LOTS of them, all lined up for this job.
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Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. --- Bertrand Russell.
Depends - if the fabric is thick, or there's multiple layers, it'll take time for the liquid to soak through (time to cool), plus some of the heat will be transferred to the fabric, rather than your skin. However, if it's very hot liquid, the fabric might stay hot, and keep the hot liquid against the skin for longer, which could exacerbate a burn.
On the whole, I'd expect that getting splashed with hot coffee would hurt more on bare skin than it would soaking through a pair of jeans and underwear.
If we can't see your scrotum, you'll be sacked.
Anybody want a peanut?
This signals the death of that part of Agile development
is a programming language, along the lines of "brainfuck" using crude ascii art. But thanks for giving us all a good laugh at the interview...
Nullius in verba
ah .... brisk!
I don't think it's a true stereotype. I've worked in offices full of coders and I've worked in offices without any coders. I'd say the offices full of coders had the more attractive women... The average age is lower.
Being the first and only slashdot article with the tag "nudism".
How many more years will slashdot have an off-by-one error on your Score in your profile?
You mean I can get paid to sit naked in front of my computer?
Jesus... No wonder, there is no link to the website in the summary. That's it, Slashdot. After so many years I'm done with you.
Ah yes, they are truly getting back to nature with their high-tech web based computer programming business. Why is it people who like going nude call it "getting back to nature" when they still drive cars, cook food, use medicine, etc? Why are clothes the only thing they see as unnatural?
at least cooling will be less of an issue, with their computers out of their cases.
Honestly, how likely do you think that is?
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It's an easily observable law of nature that the desire to remove one's clothes in public is inversely proportional to one's attractiveness.
Caveat Utilitor
The quote there sounded like something John Cleese would say.
Check the online ads - they're only after female workers. I wonder if this falls foul of the sexual discrimination act?
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First, what of the seats, will they have protective covering, to avoid those red spots every woman has to have once a month....
Second, as a full hot blooded male, I have to wonder, is there such a thing as illegal chair use.....that material could leave some in an aroused state for the day, depending how they move and brush up against it....so when they are approaching blast off, how is their code going to look...... if (Cat.Meow = true) then Door.Open = True; Me.CallCatsName(); Me.LetCatOuut(); Me.CloseDdddoor(); Me.RUB(); Me.RUB(); ME.RUBBB(); Me...... end if
Third, what is the advantage or disadvantage to this, let the bosses who own the company see the goods, there is absolutely no use in this activity ....it would be more of a disadvantage then an advantage, as code would suffer,.....
but then again, I see this for what it is....smoke screen, the real job is that there are cameras on each computer top.....and they are being streamed and women working there will get paid on how long those cameras stay on for....giving the looker a peeping tom sort of feel, like he caught someone working in the nude (as if at home??)
Actually, this doesn't sound so bad. I know I'm not attractive, and probably many of the coworkers wouldn't be, either... But every morning when I'm struggling to get my clothes on, I keep thinking, "I wish I worked in a clothing optional office..."
Over the years I've become more sensitive to things, and clothes have become more uncomfortable, with the stitches itching, seams rubbing my skin, collars scratching my chin and so forth... I hate getting dressed...
rm -r clothing*
OMG! I work with coders.... and I DO NOT want to see any of them naked... EVER... *looks for brain bleach*
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Well, the naturist mindset of being less hung up (pun intended) about the human body seems like an improvement over the current situation of moral panic, even if your sexual positivism is a different story.
I listen to both RIAA and non-RIAA stuff if I like the music, tangential business/politics nonwithstanding.
"Ms Tasmalker, I've got a boner to pi... I mean a bone to pick with you. I don't think your a breast.. I mean abreast of the cuntract.. err contract with our partner. Rewrite the cockum... documents and get on my desk... err get THEM on my desk by first thing in the porning... uh morning. Spanks... I mean thanks."
A lot of sexy people not doing much work and having affairs. -Denholm
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A "high class escort" may only have a dozen or so customers that they service per year, as they usually demand (and receive) repeat business.
Escorts aren't as expensive as you seem to believe.
Sorry, but I'd rather not spend every meeting wondering who the previous occupant of that conference room chair was!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Finally, a workplace that's NSFW.
I think a lot of workers who work remotely and aren't physically seen already work in the nude. Heck, I ran a conference call from the toilet once.
Web-coding?! Hey I'll be glad to donate a set of my cheatsheets. Never more proud to point out the pages have ... ROUNDED CORNERS.
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