The people with the 'I was bad but now good' stories often are pretty lacking in self awareness it seems and the story ultimately doesn't make them look good.

The people with the 'I was bad but now good' stories often are pretty lacking in self awareness it seems and the story ultimately doesn't make them look good. Despite possibly not realizing he'd get fired for it just out of making people very uncomfortable ... it's interesting to note that these stories are often not quite as redeeming as the author's might think they are.