That&#x27;s not so bad, considering the alternatives for people in such a situation.<p>I also have a friend in a somewhat similar place, although last we met he seems to have gotten a bit of a better grip on his life (managed to find some freelance work as a programmer, as far as I know he was never able to hold a &quot;normal&quot; steady job before).<p>If we didn&#x27;t have happen to be into computers as kids I&#x27;m pretty sure things would have been worse.