re: #57 danarchy
I think this may be a bit of wishful thinking on your part. If he is a good software engineer there will be lots of bros in management in the software industry who will count that memo as a plus.
In a small enough shop, sure. In a BigCorp, legal will veto it. There is real legal exposure in keeping someone like this around in any state that still has any labor law protection for workers (e.g., CA).