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Wow. I can't imagine having my wife and daughter living in a shelter. That must be horrible. I can't help but wonder if his background works against him in som
by jswinghammer 17y ago
Wow. I can't imagine having my wife and daughter living in a shelter. That must be horrible.
I can't help but wonder if his background works against him in some ways. I've been in some pretty harsh meetings when we look at someone's background and if they seem a little strange in any way we don't even consider them.
Considering the hard time my company has hiring in Boston and I'd imagine the same is true in San Francisco (with no real information) I'm surprised no one has taken a chance on him yet. Wouldn't a lot of companies at least consider someone with a CS degree fresh out of school? Seems like someone worth talking to at least maybe.
- chaostheory 17y agoBased on my personal experience, a lot of companies in SF will tend to take someone without a degree but with good experience, over someone with a fresh CS degree but no experience.
- jswinghammer 17y agoYeah that's been my experience too. I don't have a degree and I've never had an issue finding a job because my experience is good and I interview pretty well. The only trouble I ever have is that some companies won't consider me at all because of the lack of a degree.
- jasoncrawford 17y agoWe don't really know how well he does in interviews. Maybe he bombs them--maybe he didn't learn anything very well, or maybe he has horrible communication skills, or maybe he shows up hours late, or maybe he just isn't good at interviews. Maybe his resume is impossible to read. There's a lot of relevant info we don't have. Anyway, it's interesting to know that you can become homeless without being crazy. But I don't think you can draw many other conclusions from this article--e.g., about the state of the economy, or about the nature of homelessness.