Well I think best move would be staring a trade union in discord, to aid eath other. We strong in unity.
Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
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Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#92Start an LLC if allowed in your state. Work under the LLC or work as a 1099. Less chance of employers looking you up if not a W2 employee. Select small companies to work for, or even work for yourself. My wife had a misdemeanor that was eventually expunged and this seems to work.
I think you're missing just how nosy people are these days. If you have a name and it traces back to your case (like mine) then that kind of obfuscation is just not going to work. It hasn't yet.
Start going by your middle name professionally.
Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think being upfront is important. There's a lot of stuff that doesn't need to be said (I've been clean 43 years, and no one ever knew, in my jobs -I just wasn't much fun at the office party), but felonies will always come up; even obscure ones. HR depts hire these companies that break out the digital proctoscope, and they do things like find your social media accounts. Also, if you piss someone off, they can rat yo…
Being upfront won’t do you any favours.
That depends. Different companies have different policies. I've seen folks marched out the door, a couple of weeks after being hired, because they pretended otherwise.
As I've said, I've personally seen a lot of felons do fine.
"Being upfront" doesn't mean immediately stating it up front, but it also means not lying or pretending it won't come up. Also, there are time limits on this kind of thing.
I know a chap that graduated from Brown, in finance, and got busted in college, with misdemeanor pot, and that haunted him for decades.
I also know a chap that did four bids Upstate, retrained, and got a job as an IT admin for BNL. He did great, but burgers killed him.
Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#94Just curious how felony assault is not a physical violence offense. I understand there could be differences in state laws, but most felony assault charges require use of force wither resulting in an injury or involving a weapon.
It may depend on jurisdiction, but often assault is a threat, assault and battery is violence.
Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#95Sounds 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.
Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#96In the United States if you start your own IT company and sell your services to your clients there won't be any questioning who you are or where you even studied. As long as you solve the business problems they will pay you greatly.
If it is a matter of survival, I'd pick this route. You can easily make 6 figures or even 7 figures within a few years. You do not need to find a full-time job at a fancy company.
Long story short, nobody needs to know your past as long as you know how to fix computers and handle network systems.
Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#97In the United States if you start your own IT company and sell your services to your clients there won't be any questioning who you are or where you even studied. As long as you solve the business problems they will pay you greatly. If it is a matter of survival, I'd pick this route. You can easily make 6 figures or even 7 figures within a few years. You do not need to find a full-time job at a fancy company. Long st…
Yeah, this is a fairly sensible answer
start a private LLC and subcontract the work to yourself
Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#98Assault charges but not physical violence? What in the world? I'm so sorry you got that on your record. I would look at smaller startups that might make it easy to just escalate to the CEO if you have a good explanation, rather than having an HR department stop you right away. EDIT: I thought assault meant physical violence, but not harm while battery meant harm. I was wrong I guess?
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Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#99Sounds 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.
Re: Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you're missing just how nosy people are these days. If you have a name and it traces back to your case (like mine) then that kind of obfuscation is just not going to work. It hasn't yet.
Start going by your middle name professionally.
yeah. but my last name is very unique and there are only five of us in the country. none my age.