Would you hire a developer or software engineer that has a misdemeanor computer crime on her/his record?

I hate to say it but yes. Odds are that developer or engineer knows a LOT more about computers than your average college grad and they've spent much more of their own time developing stuff (even if it's not technically legal). It depends on the crime as well.

If you're in the banking business and they did some kind of bank wire fraud or something, hell no.

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