Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony?
Background: In 2011, I was arrested for violating the CFAA (I found that Sylint Corporation [usinfosec.com] was running a very out-of-date and publicly vulnerable DotNetNuke for the Infragard Tampa Bay website and raised the alarm publicly, and well, they didn't quite appreciate that) and sentenced to probation in 2012. I'm currently in a period of limbo following the end of the contract portion of a temp-to-perm gig, and I've been trying to find something a little more certain. I live in Orlando, FL, and I never have the opportunity to speak with a company directly. Instead, everyone outsources their talent acquisition to IT recruiters/headhunters that, as a third party, refuse to represent me to prospective employers because of this blemish on my record. The recruiters' oligarchy on the job openings in the area have created a sort of impenetrable barrier. (Iron
Why it failed
Background: In 2011, I was arrested for violating the CFAA (I found that Sylint Corporation [usinfosec.com] was running a very out-of-date and publicly vulnerable DotNetNuke for the Infragard Tampa Bay website and raised the alarm publicly, and well, they didn't quite apprec
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- sarciszewski
- Ended
- 2014
- Source
- hackernews