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		deeg on Sept 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From Prison to Programming Ex-cons have a tough time getting jobs and this can help lead to recidivism. It seems like programming would be a great way to keep felons from going back to prison. Getting paid to WFH on an open source project would be low risk.

paulpauper on Sept 3, 2022 | [–]

most people have a tough time getting goods jobs. it's not uncommon for many people to apply some a single mid-salary opening.

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