Notices tagged with homeless

The astonishing number of unsheltered #homeless persons in #California, which as one quarter of the US homeless population https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/06/many-unsheltered-homeless-people-california.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29

Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless engineer?

TL;DR I'm about to get evicted because I ran out of money and can't seem to land a job. I'm also in a bit of a rush, so i apologize for any grammatical errors.

I have been a web developer / software engineer for 15 years (fullstack, 5 languages).

I am living in Colorado with my wife -- I quit my job In Jan due to issues I had with the way our company was treating customer data. This turned out to be a foolish move as it has proven difficult to find a new job (I had something lined up when I quit, but it fell through).

I did land a contract between then and now, but in order to survive I had about 1.5 months to find a new job and that hasn't happened.

I was 3 days late on my rent this month and now have to appear in court to explain why i haven't paid. I fully expect that to lead to an eviction.

I've never had an issue finding a job prior to this so I'm quite frustrated with myself.

I don't own a good laptop (i use a desktop) and have about $400 to survive on. I've tried upwork but can't drum anything up quick enough / at all. I have multiple interviews lined up but I'm not hopeful at this point. I have things I can sell but I'm not sure how quick I can turn them around. My wife has a job but its only a couple days per week so not enough to survive on... she has another interview on monday but no clue how it will turn out of course. We own a car and are currently planning on a shelter (car is second plan).

The questions I have for HN are: what are my best options for survival? any pro tips on how to live on the streets and still land an engineering job?

Thanks in advance guys

HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17316695

Posted by homelessdev (karma: 30)

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#HackerNews #ask #engineer #homeless #how #survive

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How We Found New Patterns in LA’s Homeless Arrest Data

HN link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17016427

Posted by akras14 (karma: 2665)

Post stats: Points: 95 - Comments: 68 - 2018-05-07T20:57:09Z

#HackerNews #arrest #data #found #homeless #how #las #new #patterns

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#homeless #poverty #art

El Cajon, #California arrests 12 for feeding the #homeless in a city park. City officials say the ban on feeding the homeless in public places is a public health measure https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/15/twelve-charged-defying-california-el-cajon-ban-feeding-homeless

El Cajon, #California arrests 12 for feeding the #homeless in a city park. City officials say the ban on feeding the homeless in public places is a public health measure https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/15/twelve-charged-defying-california-el-cajon-ban-feeding-homeless

El Cajon, #California arrests 12 for feeding the #homeless in a city park. City officials say the ban on feeding the homeless in public places is a public health measure https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/15/twelve-charged-defying-california-el-cajon-ban-feeding-homeless

#Robot employed to remove #homeless people in #SanFrancisco has been smeared with #feces.
#latestagecapitalism #classstruggle

Rupert #Murdoch's house burnt by a fire that was caused by #homeless people cooking food.
#latestagecapitalism