Ask HN: How can felons find programming jobs? 5 by sexoffender | 2 comments on Hacker News. I've been unemployed for 12 months, went to jail 7 months ago for 2 months, applied for dozens of jobs per week for the past 5 months straight, and almost every single one of them has turned me down because I have a felony. I've tried not disclosing it, disclosing it early, disclosing it in the middle of the interview process, and disclosing it at the end when they make me an offer. They all turn me down. Half of them are judgmental turn-downs - they won't return my call and never get back to me, because they think poorly of me. Half are policy - Goldman Sachs made me an offer last month, but withdrew it this morning due to their policy against hiring felons. I only have enough money to last us through April, and that's literally because our local parish gave us a $1,000 check out of nowhere, which adds to what's left over from our tax return. I'm a hard worker with a ...