Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?

Post by eli » Wed, Jan 03, 2024, 10:21 PM UTC

justsomeoldguy wrote: post #99

eli wrote: post #95

Sounds like you're in California. I'd start by making sure you know your rights under their "Ban the Box" laws. In general I don't think an employer can ask about or consider a prior conviction until after they've made a conditional offer.

they do not honor those, sorry. they ask anyways. and if you wanna put up a fight with HR about why they're asking when they can't, you are already fired before you've been hired.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 03, 2024, 10:21 PM UTC

gnfargbl wrote: post #85

publicprivacy wrote: post #12

Thank you all for your perspective, and suggestions. I was on a bad psychedelic trip, accompanied with some other issues at the time and ending up making threatening statements to a very high level official, but no battery occurred whatsoever. Thank goodness, or I would probably not be writing this message

The challenge here is your choice of specialism. Security is fundamentally a trust-based business and the industry is pretty wary of anyone with a perceived black mark against them. The reasons for this are mainly liability ("if this guy does something wrong and he already has a record, how will we look?") and reputation ("what will our government customers think about us if we hire this person?"). Could/would you co…

Post by arp242 » Wed, Jan 03, 2024, 10:26 PM UTC

thaumasiotes wrote: post #117

woodruffw wrote: post #114

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No, they don't do this. It's not even clear how they would; the closest thing would be merging based on IP or fingerprinting, but both are extremely noisy.

You can easily demonstrate to yourself that they do. And the situation here is that felon_in_texas visits HN in his usual manner, views a topic he wants to comment on, creates an account on the spot, and leaves his comment. How noisy do you think the IP identification can be?

Post by justsomeoldguy » Wed, Jan 03, 2024, 10:27 PM UTC

giantg2 wrote: post #73

helsinki wrote: post #44

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Felony charges are a lot different from felony convictions. Was he convicted?

It's insane that charges that get dismissed are used against people. Maybe for some position of power or sensitive work like police or classified work dependingon the actual details, but there's no reason innocent people should be discriminated against.

Post by justsomeoldguy » Wed, Jan 03, 2024, 10:30 PM UTC

infamouscow wrote: post #105

icepat wrote: post #80

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You need a clean background to move to another country if you're not a European. I specifically had to submit a Canadian RCMP fingerprint based background check when I moved to Iceland. EU nationals have it much easier, since the relocation process in the EU does not require that level of scrutiny.

If you're in the US, cross the border into Mexico and re-enter as an asylum seeker. Until the idiots in charge change this (by enforcing the existing laws), you should take maximum advantage of its opportunities.