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> Really, convicted of a felony, you're guaranteed lifetime financial insolvency? This is actually flat out true. All large companies perform background checks
by lnanek2 12y ago
> Really, convicted of a felony, you're guaranteed lifetime financial insolvency?
This is actually flat out true. All large companies perform background checks and none of them will hire you if have any sort of criminal charges whatsoever. You don't even have to have been found guilty. This is called the "digital plantation" by one ex-policeman who wrote a book about it:
http://www.amazon.com/Arrest-Proof-Yourself-Dale-C-Carson/dp/1613748043 http://www.amazon.com/Arrest-Proof-Yourself-Dale-C-Carson/dp...
- jsmthrowaway 12y agoI was employed all seven years it took for my felony charges to fall off a typical background examination by employers such as Apple. I've spoken about it on HN before. If you're talking about minimum wage or trades, yeah, a felony makes things practically impossible, but in our industry it's overlooked by many companies. Notable exceptions are Google (who fired me when their legal team "caught up" to new hires over two months after I joined, even though I disclosed it), Facebook and LinkedIn, in my experience. Harder, sure. Impossible? Not even remotely. Just more pressure to be good at what you do.
- kevinpet 12y agoI hope you appreciate the irony on claiming here that a felony computer hacking charge is the kiss of death. Hint: http://www.ycombinator.com/people/ http://www.ycombinator.com/people/
- d23 12y agoI don't know who you're referring to, but just because one person managed doesn't make it fair for the rest who didn't end up doing as well.
- late2part 12y agoI have two friends with felonies that work in SV Tech, they each make over $200k a year for the last 5 years at reputable venture backed companies.