justsomeoldguy

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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
you sound reasonable. the problem is, not everyone is all the time. people make emotional decisions that aren't even supported by laws or ethics. Some people are just mean, some people just want to see the world burn.
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
it really sucks. If I had known I'd lose my jobs the way I did each time, I would never have applied to begin with. it was really traumatic each time, and very sudden. it PTSD'd me, not that I have any shortage of that. But just t
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
yeah. but my last name is very unique and there are only five of us in the country. none my age.
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
they do not honor those, sorry. they ask anyways. and if you wanna put up a fight with HR about why they're asking when they can't, you are already fired before you've been hired.
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
Sure but there are laws designed to prevent how far back they are able to look to find thaat information. And the laws aren't even being followed-- the lawyers should be telling them to follow them ... and yet.
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
I think you're missing just how nosy people are these days. If you have a name and it traces back to your case (like mine) then that kind of obfuscation is just not going to work. It hasn't yet.
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
thank you for that, it can be really frustrating to get suggestions when people don't even know what they're suggesting. Lets say a felon immigrates to germany. their policy is they won't ask. but if they find out you were a
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
My job two jobs ago did start out with their eyes open. I was up front about it and it was a question on the application. I wasn't going to lie. They told me it wouldn't be a problem .... and it wasn't. Until someone else fou
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
I've had four great tech jobs since I paroled ... I'm old. You want windows 3.11 for workgroups, or you want server 2019. you want *nix, you want macos, I'm into it all. kubernetes, virtualization, hell I used to run vmware G
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
the last state agency I worked with was at utah. and they told me I had a 6% chance of finding a job in the tech industry without someone on the inside. they were very blunt about it, and apologetic. The statistics don't lie and they w
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
thank you. moving abroad takes major bank, and I have a partner here where I'm living now. We've got dogs. I'm not leaving everyone behind and we're not moving to another country it's just not in the cards.
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
not presently. but soon. I'm between addresses right now, basically. The last state I lived in wouldn't let me do it I'll still have a social security number that won't change, and I'll have an alias and anyone who
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
moving to another country isn't an option. the only ones I'd be willing to go to won't let felons in. I can't even drive to canada 10 miles from where I live, here at the border, to see friends. no felons are allowed in
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by justsomeoldguy 3y ago
it's been 14 years since my felony, and every IT job I've had started out good but they looked me up. I got a unique name I can't change right now. so they always find me, I've been hired by billion dollar companies for