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the US job market for coders is kind of saturated anyway, and given the extreme selectivity tech companies apply to job applicants, avoiding coding might be a g
by HillaryBriss 7y ago
the US job market for coders is kind of saturated anyway, and given the extreme selectivity tech companies apply to job applicants, avoiding coding might be a good thing for people in that particular sub-population. i mean it will probably save ex-cons a lot of heartache. our beloved tech employers are likely to discriminate against ex-cons just like they do other minorities and protected classes. what is the point of raising an ex-con's hopes of getting a coding job? the tech companies are going to find some reason or other to reject them anyway.
just sayin'
- scarejunba 7y agoI absolutely do not have this feeling in the Bay Area. I can't think of a single person among my friends who feels this way.
- rutierut 7y agoAs a freelancer billing triple digits an hour I've never been asked if I had a criminal past, just sayin'
- HillaryBriss 7y agointeresting. do you know if they carried out any background checks on you?
- whamlastxmas 7y agoI've never had a background check done that I know of at any of my dev jobs
- kennywinker 7y agoBig tech would. Small tech is way less likely to. My last job at a startup had no bg checks. My last job at a tech giant had bg checks.