GoDaddy was the first software engineering job I worked for

I've literally never heard about sexism directed their way, but given you worked there I'm sure you know better the story of treatment they get. What was the sexism, who was it directed against and why do you reckon they recieved it? The only experience I have with GoDaddy is their awful support, and predatory practices. Ditching them has been the biggest single improvement to our IT practice.

I'd say the family metaphor is very apt. As a customer I always felt they were family run. Possibly a very large, ethnically homogeneous family with interests in funeral homes, car parks, casinos and hospitality. That kind of family.

I think a lot of us have a good feeling about early/first employer. But I am not sure we would feel the same if we started that job today. "It was better back in the days" mentality.

> It's understandable that the external perception of the company is bad (and even sexist) > They were adamant about hiring women. So it seems like the perception is justified then.

The thing that angers me about GoDaddy is the sniping of customer searched domains. Maybe “everyone does it”, but still scummy.

What always rubbed me the wrong way were two things. They have the impression of being spammy [even their UI felt/feels spammy] And then their UX really sucked. They almost felt like a parked domain itself.

In their heyday they set high water mark for aggressive/annoying marketing techniques. I think I was one of many, many developers who bought a domain through them precisely one time before realizing I'd made a huge mistake.