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Google employee lives in 16' box truck to avoid Bay Area rents
- jordancj 11y ago"Hey guys, wanna come over for a drink? Just move my bed to the left."
- SQL2219 11y agopictures of the inside of the truck here: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/google-employee-lives-in-truck-in-parking-lot-2015-10#/#-5 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/google-employee-lives-in-t... Rather spartan.
- detaro 11y ago> A school-year later, he was purchasing a 16-foot 2006 Ford with $US157,000 miles on it. Hm... "domain-specific" CMS that assumes all large numbers are money, or strange writer error? And yeah, that is really spartan. I personally feel spending more money to make more homely would have been a good investment, but to each their own. Maybe get an RV or RV-converted truck (less obvious) to start with.
- rubyfan 11y agoI wondered the same thing, why not an RV. Also, I wonder if this guy is tired of Matt Foley references.
- flashman 11y agoIt looks like a Tokyo apartment. Well, in an "inside-of-a-truck" way.
- joshua4 11y agoPaying $1000 / month for rent is expensive? For a GOOGLE employee?
- dajohnson89 11y agoUmm, if you can find a decent place in the bay area for $1000/mo, do let me know.
- ViViDboarder 11y agoHe said by splitting with roommates in the blog post. That's possible if you get a 3+ bedroom unit and split amongst that many people.
- shaftway 11y agoGoogle pays well, but it's not infinite money. Especially for a new grad with no savings, college debt, and before any equity kicks in.
- krapp 11y agoWow... at the last place I worked someone (other than me) was immediately fired for taking a nap in the lounge. Maybe this guy should consider just finding better paying work in a less expensive market before he winds up getting arrested?
- gt565k 11y agoI see this as a smart move on his part. He's probably more fiscally responsible than 99.9% of people, including myself. It looks like a smart option for someone who only spends time at home when sleeping. All things considered, I certainly hope that once he has paid off his student loans, he'll rent or buy a place.
- Futurebot 11y agoSee also this one about container living in Oakland: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/us/live-in-boxes-in-oakland-redefine-housing-squeeze.html?ref=business http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/us/live-in-boxes-in-oaklan...
- cheald 11y agoHonestly, it sounds kinda great. He's going to have some completely unique experiences and stories that he'll carry with him for the rest of his life, and he's learning a lot about how to live thriftily and how to separate needs from wants. It's not all that different from living in an RV, and he's taking control of his finances to a degree that most people would never really consider. That's admirable, IMO.
- abc_lisper 11y agoLet me be the first to say it. YUCK! What's the point to living if you have the means, but don't live a decent life? Just to spoil it for others, who are living decently? Is this how this guy's gonna define himself? You know, programmers already have a low social reputation for being geeky. Down mod me all you want but that only proves this is a circle jerk. Please don't do this. If you do have to do this, don't advertise this. Please don't. Some of us worked very hard to be here, we would want programmers to be looked up, not down.
- lolklyn 11y agoYeah this makes it seem pretty crap http://frominsidethebox.com/view?key=5713144022302720 http://frominsidethebox.com/view?key=5713144022302720
- abc_lisper 11y agoWhat are you, 14?
- lolklyn 11y agoI was agreeing with you?
- abc_lisper 11y agoUm, sorry, I don't get it. I thought you were implying living in a decent house generates a lot of trash.
- jkarneges 11y agoOur startup is having to cut back so this looks like a great idea.
- kyrre 11y agoIt's certainly better than Ben Discoe's setup: https://www.quora.com/Which-Googler-holds-the-record-for-living-at-Google-HQ?share=true https://www.quora.com/Which-Googler-holds-the-record-for-liv... while Brandon has made a whole project out of it with regular blog posts highlighting his eco-friendliness, Ben was forced to live at Google's parking lot in a van, in order to pay for alimony.