I am in my early 20's and have concerns that my felony for drug posession when I was 18 will come back to haunt me in my pursuit of an engineering career. I was wondering if anyone knew how difficult it is for an engineer to be hired with a felony conviction. Should i choose my college major based on whether or not I can find employment in the field with a felony conviction?

Forgiveme

and if you were 18 it was a youthful offender charge, you can become a cop with that, all you would need is your disposition stating the charge. raven creator dont worry about it, just stay on the right path.

stevetcg

I agree with many of the above posters. I dont know how similar the software engineering field is but the only time ive even been asked to submit to background investigation was when I went to work for a bank.

So the field is probably the determining factor.

JudyKayTee

This is a 2006 thread, reopened in 2007 - should be closed. OP is long gone.