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how do you know its my record that preventing me from getting jobs? they don’t run your background as soon as you submit an application, right? isn’t it further down the process before they do that?
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Are there any questions on the app, like: Have you ever been arrested or convicted of a crime?
Closing thread. I am having trouble seeing how the best advice can be given when the OP wants to withhold a key piece of information. I am not disputing his right to that privacy, but he cannot have it both ways. I would throw in, though, that there are lots of online ways to learn coding that are a lot cheaper than going back to school, and perfectly acceptable to employers with the right documentation. If he wants to start a thread asking about that, the rest of this does not really matter.