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Great initiative! Hopefully employers will not overlook these candidates because of their criminal record.
by llarsson 6y ago
Great initiative! Hopefully employers will not overlook these candidates because of their criminal record.
- dudul 6y agoGood luck with that unfortunately. I can't remember the last time I joined a company that didn't run a background check on me.
- sokoloff 6y agoRunning a background check doesn’t mean you can’t accept certain negative content in that background. A background check produces information not a decision.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoUsually a background check just means a credit check.
- dudul 6y agoI meant it as a check for criminal record.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoYeah, usually it's just a credit check... people are cheap and corporations are cheaper.
- gowld 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_the_Box#California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_the_Box#California > California Fair Chance Act, which assists Californians with conviction histories to re-enter society by prohibiting employers from asking about conviction history before making a job offer.
- tluyben2 6y agoI guess if they are significantly cheaper than others, people will hire them. There is a long way to $0 from the salaries people on HN say developers make in the US. I do not know any convicted people, however, I do know jobless people who were 'made redundant' by covid or before that and they would work for very little (enough to get by, but not more than that) if they could work from home as developer. I bet that goes for many people including ex convicts.
- jpindar 6y agoThat would include me. I am not a convict, but I am unemployed. My many years of professional development experience is all in embedded and other hardware control software that generally needs to be done onsite. At this point I would be glad to do any remote work, regardless of pay.
- qes 6y agoMultiple felon software dev here. I make $250k in Minneapolis.