I share something in common with the subjects of this article. Came from a good, though not wealthy, home. Parents wanted me to get an education like they didn'

I share something in common with the subjects of this article. Came from a good, though not wealthy, home. Parents wanted me to get an education like they didn't get, so I went to community college majoring in information systems and programming. Worked a part-time (20-30 hours) job, had an apt, but was evicted because people I lived with partied all the time and didn't obey the rules. I didn't have enough to get a place on my own, so I slept in my car or at the homes of friends for almost a year, keeping the tech support call center job and going to school. Though I didn't get a degree, it was a good lesson of personal responsibility, lifelong learning, and not relying on others. Ended up in software development by starting at the bottom at a tech company (customer service) and learning on my own time at night, clawing my way up. If my parents would have taken me back in (if they even would have), I'm not sure I'd be where I'm at today. I do wish I would have been able to graduate though. This experience is sort of what leads me to view with derision tech interviews that only focus on CS/algorithms, and ignore the more common day-to-day challenges of software engineering, most of which I learned on the job.