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Als being homeless is a huge red flag for any job. It's a nasty spiral.
by Scarblac 7y ago
Als being homeless is a huge red flag for any job. It's a nasty spiral.
- marcus_holmes 7y agoThis. If HR are involved at all, then they'll gatekeep you. If you can get past HR and make contacts with the actual decision makers, there's more chance. The local Golang meetup has a "20 seconds for anyone to say anything" spot. If someone turned up there and said "I know Go and I'm looking for a job, but I'm homeless can anyone help?" then I'm damn sure someone would.
- lazyjones 7y agoBeing homeless in a rich European country with proper welfare systems screams of 'mental health issues'. Of course it will be a red flag for any job.
- vertex-four 7y agoTechnically speaking, I have a residential address that I can get post delivered to; squatting is nice like that. Nobody knows I'm homeless, except everyone on HN now.
- Scarblac 7y agoThat helps a lot. Do you have a good LinkedIn page with a list of technologies you've done something with?
- Scarblac 7y agoThe thing is he's from the UK but living in the Netherlands now, and apparently hasn't worked in a normal job recently. I think he's not going to get any help from the Dutch welfare systems.
- pinkfoot 7y agoSo does being scared of a telephone.