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Re:The prisoners trying to code their way to a better life by ljd on Friday February 13, 2015 @11:35AM (#9045162)
There is one path for HackReactor to make money on this, they can act as recruiters between prisoners and companies.

I know as an employer of developers, that I would hire someone with a felony because I know their introductory salary will be lower but their skill set should be the same. Which may sound over opportunistic, but it's just economics, fewer offers mean lower initial pay. The downside is if they become excellent developers it'll be hard to keep them at the lower salary, even if they do have a felony.

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Re:The prisoners trying to code their way to a better life by mgadams3 on Friday February 13, 2015 @02:58PM (#9046818)
Probably true, but I don't think the motivation on this is for Hack Reactor to make money... there would be much easier ways to make money that don't involve prisoners if that's what they were after.
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