Re:Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony?
by KB1JWQ on Saturday June 28, 2014 @02:49AM
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Amazingly well said.
OP: Eventually the narrative will shift to "I was young and stupid, and it was a long time ago," which is exactly what you want. By continuing to defend what you did, you're actively delaying the time until you can begin using that line. Frankly, whether you believe you're right or not is beside the point; no hiring manager is going to care, and your current attitude towards it presents as toxic.
You are not a spectator for your own life. You aren't limited to expressing opinions about it. You are free to act that way. You can try to play a victim card that only a tiny fraction of people will even understand, let alone sympathize with. You can choose to make your life about this event.
Or you can make your life about something else, and put this behind you.
I'd just worry that you probably can't do both of those things.
If you're going to do the latter, my advice is this: any time you talk about what happened with you and that stupid website, have a clear goal behind whatever it is you're saying. Make sure that goal squares up with your overall goal of getting this in the past. The Internet really, really, really, really wants you to pick it apart and debate it. That creates drama, and drama is fun. Personally, I think you've donated enough drama to the Internet, and you don't owe anyone any more of it.