homelessdev

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by homelessdev 8y ago
why is my comment being downvoted?
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by homelessdev 8y ago
I am not OP, I'm the person who posted my own story several weeks ago that OP refers to in his own story.
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by homelessdev 8y ago
Part of the problem is convincing people that you are legit. I face a few challenges these days first off, I don't have a degree so that's one battle, but i'm an isolationist so that's battle #2 and its much harder to wi
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by homelessdev 8y ago
> Just be honest that you've looked at it outside of work, understand it but haven't had the chance to use it professionally yet I can confirm this is true - explained this exact thing to the place i'm working at now... al
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by homelessdev 8y ago
The rent laws are terrifying and slanted for the landlord. Here's how everything went down: 1. quit job for ethical reasons 2. run out of savings very quickly 3. run out of unemployment after that, can't afford rent 4. After being
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by homelessdev 8y ago
I am the homelessdev poster from CO. pxdHomelessDev reached out to me for an update which I gave him, but here's a more detailed run down of what I did to start getting out of my situation. I was able to avoid becoming homeless by usin
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by homelessdev 8y ago
Apparently my post has been flagged for some reason. I attempted to post the following last night but kept getting a message that I was posting too fast: Questions / answers thus far: there's been a lot of good advice in this thre
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by homelessdev 8y ago
> jump through many hoops this right here is why i don't have a job yet -- suddenly being a good programmer isn't enough, you have to be a good algorithmic competitive programmer. Code challenges with intensely difficult algori
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by homelessdev 8y ago
which part?
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by homelessdev 8y ago
unemployment approved me as the reason I quit was valid (HIPPA violations)
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by homelessdev 8y ago
Sadly unemployment was very low and I already chewed through it in under a month
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Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless engineer?
181 points by homelessdev 8y ago|174 comments