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I recognize this github from some fun c puzzles! The developer is intelligent. What gives? I don't understand why it is difficult for someone like that to find employment. Could someone from the bay area give some insight into this kind of thing? The scene is different than that in Boston.

Aweee, don't feel bad for me. NBD. People like me are really good at not failing. I'm measuring with this thread before I make a decision to do something. Internet advice as a collective unit of measurement is still useful and valuable. It is a sin to ignore useful information. Every little bit helps ;)

I've also found it incredibly difficult to ask google this type of complex question. So I posted it here instead.

Social anxiety. Embarrassed by the stigma and reputation, don't really want to bump into or be noticed by any LE who may be present. Frustrations like that tend to work against me when considering doing this.

I'm slowly -very slowly and cautiously- approaching the local infosec community. For me to do that it has to be piecemeal.

I don't really enjoy taking the time to make things look pretty. I'm not very good at that part of the design process and it takes too long for me (imho) to produce some aesthetic that will never really be functional outside the scope of organization.

I have done it when I've needed money though. Just aggravates me.

:) These are the types of posts I was hoping for when I created this thread. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this -both of you. It's just been really shitty to think about lately as far as my future is concerned. I am at a point where I'm beginning to question whether or not the choices I am making now are worth the investment of time (or not) before it's too late to change course. your experiences give me a modicum of hope which serves to reinforce my initial belief that everything I have been doing isn't a complete waste of time.

There's a paucity of information about these circumstances (compu fraud + compu pro) available online and most of the information available is presented from accounts of felons who are not in the same boat as I am.

Really my favorite posts here. Thanks again.

Bravo. +1

Depends on language and the type of work. Shoot me an email?

This is one of my favorite responses. Thanks.

Oh? The front page? Whoo hoo! (is that hard here? it's hard on reddit) I've gone ahead done that just-in-case. I am not really here looking for active leads (though I certainly wouldn't throw away an opportunity if it presented itself as a result of this posting), but some of these responses have been really uplifting.

I am really here pinging this community for people that have been in or have dealt with the circumstances of my disposition who would like to take a moment and give some pointers. So far the response has been better than I had anticipated.

Unfortunately true. I've encountered that problem where I am now and have had to sign so many agreements with legal dept heads from other agencies that I've lost count. My employer (work in NPO sector) has really assumed some really huge risks by having my on board. The approach for me being exposed to certain at-risk data (at my work there are ssn from clients, login credentials to affiliated networks ran by my state) is routinely addressed by sign NDA as a group of lawyers threaten to destroy me if anything should go awry.

The director of the agency where I work has been tremendously instrumental in arguing and supporting me in these instances.