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This is both savvy and ironic. Being a Google employee, this guy is probably earning +100K per annum, which puts him into the top 1% income-earning bracket IN

This is both savvy and ironic. Being a Google employee, this guy is probably earning +100K per annum, which puts him into the top 1% income-earning bracket IN THE WORLD. Yet this gentleman has chosen to live out of a truck... albeit a worse option when he could have purchased an RV instead. Looking back, I am guessing he will not have many fond memories of his 20s.

grrowl 11y ago
I'm not sure if anyone else feels this, but as a developer there will come a time where my skills are less relevant to the industry, or the industry's bubble bursts or cannot support me. Might as well make hay while the sun shines and squirrel it away for the later time.
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morganvachon 11y ago
> Yet this gentleman has chosen to live out of a truck... albeit a worse option when he could have purchased an RV instead. This is what stood out to me the most, and made me wonder why someone would do this in such a half-baked way. Granted, he's a young kid just out of college so maybe he wasn't thinking practically, but on the other hand it reeks of extreme hipsterism. "Look at me, I'm living in a box truck! I'm so original and minimalist!" For the $10k he spent on that hot, bare truck he could instead be in a comfortable RV with appliances, a shower, and solar panels for powering his gear, missing practically no luxuries of apartment living. No, I think the last paragraph of the full article sums it up; he claims he's doing this so he has a good idea of how uncomfortable living conditions can be when he starts his world travel itinerary. He doesn't know the half of it.
- dingaling 11y ago
  $10k for an RV? Try ten times that for the specification you've suggested.
  - morganvachon 11y ago
    It doesn't have to be a new one, nor does it have to be a 40 foot luxury model. His truck is nearly 10 years old and he certainly overpaid for it. I've window-shopped for good used RVs and a small model in decent shape can be had for under $10k. Even with improvements like solar panels and new upholstery, he would have come out spending the same amount and been more comfortable for it.
pkaye 11y ago
Why would you compare against the income of the world? You need to factor the local cost of living, taxes, etc. The medium household income in Santa Clara county is something like $95K.
PakG1 11y ago
He says he himself that he's barely at home, except to sleep. He's out on the town a lot. He also hopes to travel a lot, and views this experience as a way for him to become comfortable with unusual situations that he'd experience globally. Given all that, how would living in a truck cause him to have fewer fond memories?
tankerdude 11y ago
An RV is actually quite pricey in many ways. But, an A frame that you can tow with something like a Subaru Outback, would be pretty nice for something $10K or less. Not as nice as an RV, but still much nicer than that truck.

grrowl 11y ago

I'm not sure if anyone else feels this, but as a developer there will come a time where my skills are less relevant to the industry, or the industry's bubble bursts or cannot support me. Might as well make hay while the sun shines and squirrel it away for the later time.

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morganvachon 11y ago

> Yet this gentleman has chosen to live out of a truck... albeit a worse option when he could have purchased an RV instead. This is what stood out to me the most, and made me wonder why someone would do this in such a half-baked way. Granted, he's a young kid just out of college so maybe he wasn't thinking practically, but on the other hand it reeks of extreme hipsterism. "Look at me, I'm living in a box truck! I'm so original and minimalist!" For the $10k he spent on that hot, bare truck he could instead be in a comfortable RV with appliances, a shower, and solar panels for powering his gear, missing practically no luxuries of apartment living. No, I think the last paragraph of the full article sums it up; he claims he's doing this so he has a good idea of how uncomfortable living conditions can be when he starts his world travel itinerary. He doesn't know the half of it.

dingaling 11y ago
$10k for an RV? Try ten times that for the specification you've suggested.
- morganvachon 11y ago
  It doesn't have to be a new one, nor does it have to be a 40 foot luxury model. His truck is nearly 10 years old and he certainly overpaid for it. I've window-shopped for good used RVs and a small model in decent shape can be had for under $10k. Even with improvements like solar panels and new upholstery, he would have come out spending the same amount and been more comfortable for it.

pkaye 11y ago

Why would you compare against the income of the world? You need to factor the local cost of living, taxes, etc. The medium household income in Santa Clara county is something like $95K.

PakG1 11y ago

He says he himself that he's barely at home, except to sleep. He's out on the town a lot. He also hopes to travel a lot, and views this experience as a way for him to become comfortable with unusual situations that he'd experience globally. Given all that, how would living in a truck cause him to have fewer fond memories?

tankerdude 11y ago

An RV is actually quite pricey in many ways. But, an A frame that you can tow with something like a Subaru Outback, would be pretty nice for something $10K or less. Not as nice as an RV, but still much nicer than that truck.