Ask HN: Feel bad about working in crypto, what to do?
I&#x27;ve been in crypto since 2014.<p>I just had the California Franchise Tax Board literally steal money out of a bank account of mine without any warning or notice. They left $0.01 in there and charged a $125 fee. I found out today they are claiming I owe taxes from when I wasn&#x27;t even living in the country (and I was paying taxes then too!). In 2021&#x2F;2022, I paid more taxes than I ever have in my life. I even over paid just to make sure that I was fully covered, including additional property taxes now that I purchased a place. I&#x27;m not some crypto tax dodger at all, I pay more than my fair share because that is the right thing to do.<p>Today, I ended up going to my other bank and pulling all of my money out as cash (thankfully they picked the &#x27;wrong&#x27; account!). I can&#x27;t trust the system to not steal even more money from me. That&#x27;s messed up. Because monday is a bank holiday, now I have to wait until tuesday until my accountant can deal with this bullshit. What kind of broken system is this?<p>Things like this really make me want to double down on crypto. Not your keys, not your coins is taking on a whole new meaning for me. It is easy to say &quot;well, that&#x27;s never happened to me. crypto is a waste. i have no use for this stuff&quot;, but if all it takes is some faceless government entity to wipe out your entire bank account without any notice... then obviously something is wrong with the system.<p>As for future employability... that&#x27;s silly. Any place that wouldn&#x27;t hire you because of where you worked in the past isn&#x27;t a place you&#x27;d want to work at anyway. I hire people because they have the skills and attitude that I&#x27;m looking for.