Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless engineer?
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:<p>Questions &#x2F; answers thus far:<p>there&#x27;s been a lot of good advice in this thread thus far and a few understandable questions.<p>I&#x27;m going to answer them all here as I can no longer edit the main thread.<p>first off, great suggestions - some of these were already on my mind (gym, library, camping specifically) and seeing them reinforced via comments is encouraging.<p>to answer some questions that have been raised:<p>1. &gt; homeless in the USA? Just cannot understand how this would happen<p>I&#x27;m still trying to piece this together myself. I failed multiple job interviews that were very difficult, ran out of unemployment and am now facing eviction. it takes 6 to 12 months to get into government housing in colorado. unless i get a job before that, its the car, the woods or the street.<p>&gt; 15 years full stack<p>I don&#x27;t get it either.<p>2. &gt; How resonable is the person&#x2F;company you rent from to secure an agreement to stay on despite the late rent?<p>zero reasonable. they filed after 3 days and after i explained that i&#x27;m having health issues.<p>3. &gt; Have you applied for unemployment?<p>yes, i was approved as my reason for quitting was appropriate, however it ran out quickly as rent is extremely expensive.<p>4. &gt; Built In Colorado job<p>I am aware and use it, however yes the process is slow<p>5. &gt; if he were a brilliant engineer he probably wouldn&#x27;t be on here with this post<p>Define brilliant. i certainly haven&#x27;t claimed to be brilliant, but i do claim to be an excellent employee, extremely fast learner and someone who has never been fired and who has always excelled at their job. I suspect some people think i&#x27;m brilliant and others do not.<p>6. &gt; Why would 3 days late on your rent involve a court date and eviction?<p>Denver &#x2F; Colorado is harsh as fuck, apparently.<p>7. &gt; It&#x27;d be really shocking to me if this happened in the US without some prior history&#x2F;grounds for eviction<p>then be shocked, my friend. its happening and i&#x27;ve never been evicted in the past nor has my wife. nothin but smooth sailing in my past. this is denver<p>In all of this i also forgot to mention that I was diagnosed as being bipolar which has helped wreck my life.<p>8. &gt; How have you been an engineer for 15 years and still: Rent an apartment, Don’t have a few laptops lying around, Don’t have any savings while having no kids<p>This series of questions assumes that i have made sound financial decisions over the years. i have not. it also assumes i do not have a child whereas I do from a previous marriage. also, it assumes i&#x27;ve never owned a house, i have... doesn&#x27;t mean i still do.