Which is weird because articles about him from when he was convicted describe him as pagan.
He was sentenced to jail time for being in the armed forces and refusing to follow orders.
Not "charge that hill, soldier" types of orders, or "pilot this drone and kill people" types of orders. He's certainly trying to sell that story, telling papers he "served" in Iraq.
He was a mechanic.
Working a desk job.
He just stopped working.
How the hell did Google hire this clown? Even a dishonorable discharge is usually radioactive and this guy was not only dishonorably discharged, he served time.
Why did he refuse to do any work? Because he was a conscientious objector.
It takes a really special kind of stupid to not figure out you're a conscientious objector until years after you've voluntarily signed up for service.
> How the hell did Google hire this clown? Even a dishonorable discharge is usually radioactive and this guy was not only dishonorably discharged, he served time.
False. He did serve time, but his discharge was bad conduct not dishonorable. Both BCD and DD usually come with time served, but DD is generally for offenses equivalent to civilian felonies, while BCD is for lesser offenses and carries less post-service consequences. While it's usually looked up on negatively by emoloyers, it's not as radioactive as a DD.
> It takes a really special kind of stupid to not figure out you're a conscientious objector until years after you've voluntarily signed up for service.
It's actually not that uncommon for service members to develop moral objections to military service only after deployment to a war zone, whether not in a combat capacity. Most, of course, will continue to serve anyway, because they have a fairly literal gun to their head, but it's a well-known pattern.
> Google, like many SV companies, has "banned the box".
All SV (and California, more generally) employers with more than 5 employees “ban the box”, as a consequence of state law [0]. However, that only applies to not seeking criminal background information before making a conditional offer of employment, and making and individualized assessment after such an offer if there is a criminal history. It doesn't mean that relevant criminal convictions have no adverse impact on applicants.
He was sentenced to jail time for being in the armed forces and refusing to follow orders.
Not "charge that hill, soldier" types of orders, or "pilot this drone and kill people" types of orders. He's certainly trying to sell that story, telling papers he "served" in Iraq.
He was a mechanic.
Working a desk job.
He just stopped working.
How the hell did Google hire this clown? Even a dishonorable discharge is usually radioactive and this guy was not only dishonorably discharged, he served time.
Why did he refuse to do any work? Because he was a conscientious objector.
It takes a really special kind of stupid to not figure out you're a conscientious objector until years after you've voluntarily signed up for service.