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Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by _sdegutis »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #105
forapurpose wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> People seem to think "one a felon, always a felon" I'm not sure that's what is really going on, regardless of what people say. People have no problem doing business with known frauds, criminals and bad actors, from the CEO who cheated their co-founder to Wall Street banks to many, many more. Will nobody do business with Travis Kalanick again? The banks who sold the shady mortgage-backed securities that caused the G…

I have been sitting here wondering if the guy who made this website is a person of color that he couldn't get his felony downgraded and keeps being rejected after people learn of his crime of felony flashing -- which is only a felony because it's a second offense. The first offense is only a misdemeanor. (Watch that second step. It's a doozey.) I get that there's a slippery slope element here and no one wants to say…

Well first of all I think regardless of whether it's a minor offense relative to other offenses, my crimes did a lot of real and possibly long-lasting damage to some teenage girls and their families. And I think the fact that when you google my name a bunch of newspaper articles come up with reiterate this and force it on the front of people's mind, that doesn't do me any favors. I've tried contacting those newspapers to ask for the articles to be taken down so I can have a better chance at getting a job, but I can't find a phone number where I can talk to anyone at those newspaper companies who even has the ability to take such a request.

Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by stordoff »

codingdave wrote: post #29

It is completely unfair for felons to be shut out of jobs because of non-violent past mistakes that are ancient history and would not re-occur. On the other hand, we have no idea who made this page. If they want to be taken seriously and given a chance, they need to be transparent enough to at least tell us who they are, and let us make our own decision on working with them.

And violent past mistakes up to a point. I know someone who punched someone when they were both drunk and the other was harassing his wife, and ended up with a criminal conviction. Never been violent before, and not been violent since (it must be close to a decade ago at this point). It would be absurd if he was completely shut out of jobs due to that one mistake.

Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by _sdegutis »

jahlove wrote: post #108
treis wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't mean to kick you while your down. I figure honest feedback will be helpful. Now that I've Googled your name and read the articles there's no way. You committed the same crime 4 years apart. The nature of your crime is relatively benign as far as sex offenses go. However, it's such a shocking departure from societal norms it makes me wonder what other inappropriate things you've done without getting caught. As a…

Agreed (as a photographer) on the photo points. Ditch the all-black, and take it inside or shortly after sunset. Good luck OP.

Thanks for the tips.

Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by stordoff »

jakobegger wrote: post #61

I can’t believe so many companies make background checks. Is that a US thing? I don’t think companies in Europe do that (or do they?).

In the UK, employers are limited to what they can ask about based on the position and the length of conviction. I've posted about this before recently[1], so won't repeat myself here, but basically an employer will not know about short ([1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16637419

Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by DoreenMichele »

_sdegutis wrote: post #111
DoreenMichele wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have been sitting here wondering if the guy who made this website is a person of color that he couldn't get his felony downgraded and keeps being rejected after people learn of his crime of felony flashing -- which is only a felony because it's a second offense. The first offense is only a misdemeanor. (Watch that second step. It's a doozey.) I get that there's a slippery slope element here and no one wants to say…

Well first of all I think regardless of whether it's a minor offense relative to other offenses, my crimes did a lot of real and possibly long-lasting damage to some teenage girls and their families. And I think the fact that when you google my name a bunch of newspaper articles come up with reiterate this and force it on the front of people's mind, that doesn't do me any favors. I've tried contacting those newspaper…

I appreciate that you have come to understand that any sex crime, no matter how minor, can do (and typically does) terrible psychological harm to the victim and anyone close to them. And you absolutely need to not ever do it again.

But I'm a 52 year old woman who was molested and raped as a child and who spent years in therapy over that. I have read enormous amounts about what I would term human sexual morality and spent enormous amounts of time contemplating it. I also blog about such topics at times.

As a woman, I have been on the receiving end of male sexual interest essentially my entire life. I have met damn few men who really get it right in all the particulars, at all times. Men who are otherwise perfectly well behaved can turn into assholes when they have had a couple of drinks. Men who otherwise get it right can err on the side of avoiding a woman in order to hide their attraction to her (or simply worried about rumor and innuendo, even if they aren't personally attracted) in situations where this can close doors for her career-wise.

I recently got off the street after 5.7 years of sleeping in a tent and I am still struggling to make ends meet. That last one above really sticks in my craw at this point.

When the rest of the entire world can figure out how to get over its sexism enough to stop saying "Meh, not my problem that this woman (or any woman) can't eat. God forbid that anyone should think I like her in that way. Better to just keep walking. Not my problem." then I will maybe consider frying you for flashing someone.

But I assure you, the world isn't there yet. It has a lot of growing up to do in that regard.

Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by ams6110 »

patricius wrote: post #76
joshmn wrote: post #20

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I have plenty of experience here, so I can comment. I've never had a problem finding a gig even though I'm a felon, but I don't work with BigCorp because that's not my scene (and it's probably harder to market myself as a felon to anyway): At the end of the initial phone call / screening, I tell them, transparently: "there's no way I can pass a background check by the way" It has always been well received, even to re…

Danish person here. How does it work? Will the background check reveal what crime was committed, or just that you are a felon? I could imagine knowing the specific crime could influence the final decision on hiring or not, no?

Arrests, prosecutions, and convictions are a matter of public record. So the specific offense and sentence will turn up in any criminal history background check, unless you are able to get your record sealed or expunged which I think only happens in cases where you were a minor offender and went through the juvenile system, or when a conviction is overturned on appeal or other extenuating circumstances that are fairly unusual.

Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by imustadmit »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #99
rconti wrote: post #96

I'm not sure if it's relevant, but my mind keeps coming back to it, which means it's probably throwing other people for a loop, too. I doubt the confusion would stop anyone from hiring you, but I can't help but wonder: What were the two offenses? I see the one that's cited. I'm not clear on whether that's the first one, or the second one. Or were they both the exact same offense? Was the cited one the 'worst' of the…

He has one felony. That felony is for his second time flashing someone.

I've been flashed before. I found it an odd mixture of WTF and amusing.

Weird that the US deems it necessary to jail people for months just for some surprise nudity. Cultural differences, I suppose.

Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by imustadmit »

coding-saints wrote: post #80
anonlastname wrote: post #53

My man you can't be flashing high schoolers

AMEN. I can only have so much sympathy here. You are flaunting this "offense" like it's petty. If it were ANY OTHER crime catagory, I might not even bat an eye.... but when people go out exposing themselves to kids, it makes me wonder what they haven't been caught for. I think you need to remove your post, be happy if you get work, and don't use the community for an issue that is so personal.

> but when people go out exposing themselves to kids

Come on, it's not like he was waving his todger at five year olds. Seeing a spot of unexpected nudity at 17 years old is not a big deal.

Re: ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price

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Post by magic_beans »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #105
forapurpose wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> People seem to think "one a felon, always a felon" I'm not sure that's what is really going on, regardless of what people say. People have no problem doing business with known frauds, criminals and bad actors, from the CEO who cheated their co-founder to Wall Street banks to many, many more. Will nobody do business with Travis Kalanick again? The banks who sold the shady mortgage-backed securities that caused the G…

I have been sitting here wondering if the guy who made this website is a person of color that he couldn't get his felony downgraded and keeps being rejected after people learn of his crime of felony flashing -- which is only a felony because it's a second offense. The first offense is only a misdemeanor. (Watch that second step. It's a doozey.) I get that there's a slippery slope element here and no one wants to say…

The impulse to expose your genitals to a teenage girl is pretty mind-bogglingly disgusting. And it didn't just happen once. It happened TWICE. This man has 5 kids. How on earth would he feel if some grown man did that to one of his own children?
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