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  • May 28, 2009, 10:45 PM
    supre
    Electrical Engineer with a felony?
    I'm 25 years old and was convicted 3 yrs ago of: Theft by Unlawful Taking, Criminal Mischief and Criminal Trespassing; these were all felony's. I am now going to PSU for Electrical Engineering and was wondering if anyone had a clue if I was going to be able to find a job, or am I going to be working as a dishwasher for the rest of my life. I live in Pennsylvania and was told to apply for clemency, but then I was told by someone that PA is very reluctant to give clemency. Insight needed.
  • May 29, 2009, 05:34 AM
    excon

    Hello s:

    I don't think you'd be precluded from the profession. Maybe some jobs, but tha't going to be true no matter which direction you go.

    I don't know what clemency is. If it's a pardon, I think you need to wait longer. If it's expungment, you're still going to need to wait while.

    If there IS such a thing as clemency, I'd apply. Of course they're reluctant to give it... That's why you need a very good lawyer.

    excon
  • May 29, 2009, 01:05 PM
    rainacidbeer

    It's going to be hard to get an expungment with 3 felonies. Places are looking for Electrical Engineer,it's just going to be hardier but not impossible for you to get a job.You might have to take a lower starting pay or work for a small company to get experience. The longer you put between the conviction the better.
  • May 29, 2009, 01:18 PM
    ANB428

    If you are going to try to get a job as an electrical engineer you will probably have to obtain a security clearance and I doubt that you will be able to obtain one with three felonies.

    There are many engineers that are trying to find jobs right now as well and a lot of them have a clean record, so that is who your competition will be.

    I am not saying that you WON'T be able to get a job as an electrical engineer, but all of the software and electrical engineers that I work with have to have a security clearance in order to work with our company.

    Good luck and I hope that everything works out for you.
  • May 29, 2009, 06:17 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    You will never get a security clearance to work on any job or any company that does work for the federal government.

    You can expect to end up with some company that pays maybe 1/2 of what the job is worth, in bad working conditions and more.

    You could perhaps start your own company

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