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Re:Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony? by declan on Friday June 27, 2014 @12:15PM (#7954714)
tptacek's advice makes sense. I'd especially stress his point #2, which is to leave yourself the option of going elsewhere than Orlando. Let's be generous and say Orlando has 1% of the tech jobs you're qualified for; if you narrow the set of possible jobs to only local ones, you're ignoring 99% of the possibilities.

If I were the hiring manager (and I've been a hiring manager before) and were aware of your probation, I'd be curious and want to skim the plea agreement. But if you were doing white-hat stuff, as you say, it wouldn't interfere with me offering you a job.

Re:Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony? by sarciszewski on Friday June 27, 2014 @02:13PM (#7955426)
I wish I could look outside Orlando but that's not an option for me at the moment.
Re:Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony? by gte910h on Friday June 27, 2014 @05:27PM (#7956366)
Supervised release often lets you move AFTER you find a job from what I understand via a friend who had an unfortunate intersection with the law as well.

I'd imagine federal probation is related to that program and has similar standards?

A petition to move to a larger job market (SF, Atl, or Austin) might start a discussion which opens other options to you.