<story><title>Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?</title><text>Hello HN,&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience getting back into tech&amp;#x2F;startups post-felony?&lt;p&gt;I have been looking for work since I was released  for an assault charge in November 2022.&lt;p&gt;Previously I worked in Information Security as a SecOps Eng, most recently at Tinder. Between lack of recent job experience, and my record, I have been through a series of offer reneges, recruiters ghosting me, or going into HR resume black holes.&lt;p&gt;I am eager to get back into tech and feel like my old self adding value to a great team&amp;#x2F;org.&lt;p&gt;Anyone have leads on companies that are open to taking chances on good candidates with less than sparkling backgrounds?&lt;p&gt;NOTE: My offense was not computer&amp;#x2F;finance&amp;#x2F;fraud&amp;#x2F;selling drugs&amp;#x2F;physical violence&amp;#x2F;based at all.&lt;p&gt;Here is my linkedin:&lt;p&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.linkedin.com&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;saunderscaleb&amp;#x2F;</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>thaumasiotes</author><text>You can easily demonstrate to yourself that they do.&lt;p&gt;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?</text></item><item><author>woodruffw</author><text>No, they don&amp;#x27;t do this. It&amp;#x27;s not even clear how they would; the closest thing would be merging based on IP or fingerprinting, but both are extremely noisy.</text></item><item><author>thaumasiotes</author><text>&amp;gt; This is a &amp;quot;throwaway&amp;quot; account for obvious reasons.&lt;p&gt;You should know that if you also have a non-throwaway account, HN will unify your accounts in their backend records.</text></item><item><author>felon_in_texas</author><text>This is a &amp;quot;throwaway&amp;quot; account for obvious reasons.&lt;p&gt;I did some terrible things when I was 19 that I won&amp;#x27;t go into details, but after working as a developer for a few years, served a six-year sentence from 2003-2009.&lt;p&gt;Upon release, I leveraged some old contacts to get a bit of contracting work. In time I found more contracting work, mostly working for smaller companies on a 1099 basis. (direct, not through a firm) In time a local contract turned into a job, and I&amp;#x27;ve been with the company since. I&amp;#x27;m the lead developer and own the entire stack, from the cloud to the front-end. I&amp;#x27;ve made myself very valuable to them, and earn an income that&amp;#x27;s well over market (early on they offered me a percentage of profits as compensation)&lt;p&gt;I still continue to do contracting on a small basis (small companies tend to not bind you with onerous terms keeping you from doing so). Some of them I&amp;#x27;ve even found on HN.&lt;p&gt;Anything involving a background check is a no-go. Most traditional employment situations, especially with &amp;quot;big&amp;quot; companies is a no-go. Sometimes you have to hustle a bit more, but honestly, I feel like owning your career with an entrepreneurial mindset is something everyone can benefit from.&lt;p&gt;Most of my clients have no idea about my past. A few have learned, but it didn&amp;#x27;t disqualify me. I was transparent when asked.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>felon_in_texas</author><text>Very noisy, because I&amp;#x27;m not concerned about HN. Not the first time I&amp;#x27;ve used an alt, whether as a throwaway or logging in via my employer&amp;#x27;s account. I have comfort in HN&amp;#x27;s integrity when I&amp;#x27;m not abusing the privilege.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?</title><text>Hello HN,&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience getting back into tech&amp;#x2F;startups post-felony?&lt;p&gt;I have been looking for work since I was released  for an assault charge in November 2022.&lt;p&gt;Previously I worked in Information Security as a SecOps Eng, most recently at Tinder. Between lack of recent job experience, and my record, I have been through a series of offer reneges, recruiters ghosting me, or going into HR resume black holes.&lt;p&gt;I am eager to get back into tech and feel like my old self adding value to a great team&amp;#x2F;org.&lt;p&gt;Anyone have leads on companies that are open to taking chances on good candidates with less than sparkling backgrounds?&lt;p&gt;NOTE: My offense was not computer&amp;#x2F;finance&amp;#x2F;fraud&amp;#x2F;selling drugs&amp;#x2F;physical violence&amp;#x2F;based at all.&lt;p&gt;Here is my linkedin:&lt;p&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.linkedin.com&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;saunderscaleb&amp;#x2F;</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>thaumasiotes</author><text>You can easily demonstrate to yourself that they do.&lt;p&gt;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?</text></item><item><author>woodruffw</author><text>No, they don&amp;#x27;t do this. It&amp;#x27;s not even clear how they would; the closest thing would be merging based on IP or fingerprinting, but both are extremely noisy.</text></item><item><author>thaumasiotes</author><text>&amp;gt; This is a &amp;quot;throwaway&amp;quot; account for obvious reasons.&lt;p&gt;You should know that if you also have a non-throwaway account, HN will unify your accounts in their backend records.</text></item><item><author>felon_in_texas</author><text>This is a &amp;quot;throwaway&amp;quot; account for obvious reasons.&lt;p&gt;I did some terrible things when I was 19 that I won&amp;#x27;t go into details, but after working as a developer for a few years, served a six-year sentence from 2003-2009.&lt;p&gt;Upon release, I leveraged some old contacts to get a bit of contracting work. In time I found more contracting work, mostly working for smaller companies on a 1099 basis. (direct, not through a firm) In time a local contract turned into a job, and I&amp;#x27;ve been with the company since. I&amp;#x27;m the lead developer and own the entire stack, from the cloud to the front-end. I&amp;#x27;ve made myself very valuable to them, and earn an income that&amp;#x27;s well over market (early on they offered me a percentage of profits as compensation)&lt;p&gt;I still continue to do contracting on a small basis (small companies tend to not bind you with onerous terms keeping you from doing so). Some of them I&amp;#x27;ve even found on HN.&lt;p&gt;Anything involving a background check is a no-go. Most traditional employment situations, especially with &amp;quot;big&amp;quot; companies is a no-go. Sometimes you have to hustle a bit more, but honestly, I feel like owning your career with an entrepreneurial mindset is something everyone can benefit from.&lt;p&gt;Most of my clients have no idea about my past. A few have learned, but it didn&amp;#x27;t disqualify me. I was transparent when asked.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>arp242</author><text>&amp;gt; You can easily demonstrate to yourself that they do.&lt;p&gt;How?</text></comment>