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this is a very white-collar centric view of the world. Anyone who's living paycheck to paycheck in an hourly job, or a small business owner, is unlikely to be a
by bagacrap 7y ago
this is a very white-collar centric view of the world. Anyone who's living paycheck to paycheck in an hourly job, or a small business owner, is unlikely to be able to work from home. And how do you work from home and homeschool at the same time? Anyway, even if you personally can get by, there will be mass failures to make rent in both commercial and residential sectors which will destroy financial markets and that will actually affect you even if you have a cool tech job in SF.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoI have known people who homeschooled to make life easier. I was one of them. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22681334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22681334 Takeout is allowed. Food delivery is allowed. Amazon and grocery stores are hiring. Those are not white collar jobs. I've been dirt poor for years. I do remote work. I'm a freelance writer, not a programmer. It helped me establish an income and pay down debt while homeless. If you think remote work is only for the privileged few, that's your bias showing, not mine. I have been promoting remote work and gig work as a solution for homeless people for years. I run several websites and a few reddits supporting that model. I've never gotten traction. Maybe I will never get traction. But I've absolutely done all of the above and not because I have some privileged upper class life. Quite the opposite. I've done it to accommodate my health problems and the needs of two special needs kids.