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Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

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Post by unhomedcoder » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 9:42 PM UTC

rl3 wrote: post #27

Adding this as a top-level comment instead: The person you replied to was genuinely trying to help you, and you responded by belittling them with outright hostility prior to deleting the post. I'm not a medical professional, but what you wrote struck me as textbook grandiose delusions, among other things. Said delusions can accompany several forms of mental illness, all of which are very serious and will render you u…

first of all, you only expose yourself as being a terrible human being by making that comment at all about now deleted comment from the troll. why did you feel the need to even say that? you just had to come into my thread where i'm begging for any help so that i don't die and shit on me because you were offended by my tone of words?

that troll commenter said "if i talk like i write then he can see why nobody will hire me" and to "talk 90% less."

you consider that "genuinely trying to help"?

and i'm not supposed to stand up for myself in reply? since i'm on the bottom of the ladder of life, i don't count, and whatever insults people throw at me, i should just take it because i'm a beggar? i'm the one slowly dying here, not that original poster. and i'm only supposed to write dumb, in single syllable sentences and at a low enough reading comprehension level so that you and the troll don't get "exhausted"? neither you nor the troll know me, so that is a pretty big and insulting assumption to make about how i may or may not act IRL. for your information, when i am at work, i am only there to make money for the company, and i'm the nicest guy you'd know in person, and i don't "talk like that" to my coworkers.

perhaps the stereotypes are true when non-technical peasants rightly perceive "Tech Bros" and the Silicon Valley Internet Monopolist MegaCorps as being a Vampiric culture lacking any decency and empathy towards their fellow human beings.

and people like you who hand wave away the homelessness crisis by declaring "you're all just mentally ill, so i am absolved from any personal civic responsibility" are the people with "textbook grandiose delusions."

and what do you think those links to city services provide? people have this delusion that Big Govt is offering free doctors and drugs and padded cells to the mentally ill, but those dang lazy crazy druggy bums just refuse help and they choose to live on the street. if Big Govt was actually offering such comprehensive services, there wouldn't be over 50,000 homeless people on the streets of LA today right now. and it's going to be 100,000 homeless on LA streets within the next 5 years after the next recession hits. and you might be one of them.

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

#32

Post by unhomedcoder » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 10:30 PM UTC

planetzero wrote: post #30

unhomedcoder wrote: post #2

But I don't want any free stuff from the gov't. I want to work! I'm not a 10x'er. I did Node.js/Javascript for 7 years. I'm experienced with both front-end/back-end web development, and SQL and AWS and I'm a minor wizard when it comes to Linux. Maybe I'm hitting the dreaded age wall in tech. I have applied to hundreds of devjobs both in LA and remote using all of the top job boards. I got only a handful of interviews…

"Recruiters tell me that I'm a "job hopper" and that "it'll be difficult to place you." Just explain that you have been contracting for the past couple of years and are now interested in something more permanent..or just look for contracting gigs. You will most likely need to be more creative when looking for these types of jobs (contracting). Major job boards are filled with recruiters..which makes it difficult. You…

"One day when I was having lunch with Richard Feynman, I mentioned to him that I was planning to start a company to build a parallel computer with a million processors. His reaction was unequivocal, "That is positively the dopiest idea I ever heard." For Richard a crazy idea was an opportunity to either prove it wrong or prove it right. Either way, he was interested. By the end of lunch he had agreed to spend the summer working at the company."

http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine...

i never said i prioritize the only great idea for a startup that i have ever had above my job search. obviously, since i have been sitting on the idea for 8 years and only half-heartedly tinkering with building it, "making some money now" is what i have been doing instead. all i said was that it was an idea for a dream of mine that i've had for a very long time. isn't this a forum dedicated to startup dreamers--"the crazy ones... the round pegs in the square holes"? i only mentioned that i had a startup idea to show that "hey gang, i'm one of you too."

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

#33

Post by rl3 » Sat, Feb 01, 2020, 6:02 AM UTC

unhomedcoder wrote: post #31

rl3 wrote: post #27

Adding this as a top-level comment instead: The person you replied to was genuinely trying to help you, and you responded by belittling them with outright hostility prior to deleting the post. I'm not a medical professional, but what you wrote struck me as textbook grandiose delusions, among other things. Said delusions can accompany several forms of mental illness, all of which are very serious and will render you u…

first of all, you only expose yourself as being a terrible human being by making that comment at all about now deleted comment from the troll. why did you feel the need to even say that? you just had to come into my thread where i'm begging for any help so that i don't die and shit on me because you were offended by my tone of words? that troll commenter said "if i talk like i write then he can see why nobody will hi…

>first of all, you only expose yourself as being a terrible human being by making that comment at all about now deleted comment from the troll.

That person wasn't a troll. They were actually trying to help you.

Yes, their advice was somewhat callous.

>why did you feel the need to even say that?

Because you created this thread asking for help.

Sometimes people in certain mental states aren't even aware they're in them, because being in that state blinds them from seeing that there's anything wrong in the first place.

The post you deleted included:

  a) Calling the guy an "NPC pedestrian"
  b) Quoting Galileo, in Latin.
  c) Talking about how you're speaking truth to power.
  d) Hiding your power level around Normies [sic]

Likewise in your reply here, you immediately launched into a screed declaring me a terrible human being, part of the societal-level problem, and proceeded to rail against "Big Govt".

I'm not offended, nor am I out to get you. What I'm saying is, none of that is remotely healthy—let alone conducive to solving your immediate problems. You almost certainly need to seek psychiatric care.

There's no shame or stigma in it, and there's plenty of developers here on HN that are gainfully employed with successful careers only because they're on medication.

>and what do you think those links to city services provide?

At best, what they say they do. I know the system sucks and I'm sorry it isn't better.

Either way, I wish you the best.

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

#34

Post by unhomedcoder » Sat, Feb 01, 2020, 7:12 AM UTC

rl3 wrote: post #33

unhomedcoder wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

first of all, you only expose yourself as being a terrible human being by making that comment at all about now deleted comment from the troll. why did you feel the need to even say that? you just had to come into my thread where i'm begging for any help so that i don't die and shit on me because you were offended by my tone of words? that troll commenter said "if i talk like i write then he can see why nobody will hi…

> first of all, you only expose yourself as being a terrible human being by making that comment at all about now deleted comment from the troll. That person wasn't a troll. They were actually trying to help you. Yes, their advice was somewhat callous. > why did you feel the need to even say that? Because you created this thread asking for help. Sometimes people in certain mental states aren't even aware they're in th…

find me a single medical doctor who would agree with you that you can diagnose mental illnesses based solely on some words printed on a screen. also, find me a doctor who would agree that a non-medical doctor, such as yourself, is qualified to and should be diagnosing strangers on the Internet with mental illnesses.

QED.

(oh, sorry, there i go again quoting Latin... being smart and well read is now a mental illness... so it goes)

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

#35

Post by unhomedcoder » Sat, Feb 01, 2020, 7:23 AM UTC

apotheosis-neko wrote: post #29

unhomedcoder wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hah about the h1b problem. Would you believe my last "real" dev job prior to becoming homeless was at a nationally known name-brand company and my job was to come in as the new guy and recommend to the management which American developers on my team to fire, in order to replace them with an "offshore resource" in India? the carrot on that stick was that each American I got fired, I would receive a small bonus and be…

Where your self-pity needs to be stopped. "No body needs to be homeless in the wealthiest country?" Dude. People are poor all over the country in most places. If you just drive you will see shantys in 50% of all cities. Don't go to that part of town! Your dev skills should put you on the fast track to being on the top again. Hang out there until you feel like you will always have a home, then build your company.

poverty is Universal, therefore the problem of poverty can't be solved, so we shouldn't try. ok, got it.

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

#36

Post by rl3 » Sat, Feb 01, 2020, 7:30 AM UTC

unhomedcoder wrote: post #34

rl3 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> first of all, you only expose yourself as being a terrible human being by making that comment at all about now deleted comment from the troll. That person wasn't a troll. They were actually trying to help you. Yes, their advice was somewhat callous. > why did you feel the need to even say that? Because you created this thread asking for help. Sometimes people in certain mental states aren't even aware they're in th…

find me a single medical doctor who would agree with you that you can diagnose mental illnesses based solely on some words printed on a screen. also, find me a doctor who would agree that a non-medical doctor, such as yourself, is qualified to and should be diagnosing strangers on the Internet with mental illnesses. QED. (oh, sorry, there i go again quoting Latin... being smart and well read is now a mental illness..…

Nowhere did I claim to be diagnosing anything. I'm saying go see a medical doctor, they might be able to help you.

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

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Post by snyena » Sat, Feb 01, 2020, 7:41 AM UTC

Have you considered doing non-coding work with little or no qualification required, at least for a certain period? I am not from the US so I am not sure how much money you need but when I was 20 I spent 2 months in Ohio and I was able to find unqualified work within 10 days.

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

#38

Post by ccajas » Sat, Feb 01, 2020, 7:20 PM UTC

shams93 wrote: post #3

unhomedcoder wrote: post #2

But I don't want any free stuff from the gov't. I want to work! I'm not a 10x'er. I did Node.js/Javascript for 7 years. I'm experienced with both front-end/back-end web development, and SQL and AWS and I'm a minor wizard when it comes to Linux. Maybe I'm hitting the dreaded age wall in tech. I have applied to hundreds of devjobs both in LA and remote using all of the top job boards. I got only a handful of interviews…

I know a place in Burbank that's hiring. The job market in LA is rough really h1b people go to the front of the line I've been through tough times here myself and was born here it's a really mean town. But don't give up if you can get to Midnight Mission they will help you it's in downtown.

A general job match-making service (not a jobs board, but a service that directly pairs people with a guaranteed job) sounds like it would be a big logistics nightmare in any big city, even on a municipal level. It's the only way I can reason about how most safety net services can provide you some monetary or TANF benefits, but there's no job application where you get fast-tracked without a proper interview. Logistically it's been easier to send someone a benefits check or food stamps than it is to accommodate a guaranteed position for them to work. So many companies are sleeping on good people.

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

#39

Post by unhomedcoder » Sat, Feb 01, 2020, 9:18 PM UTC

rl3 wrote: post #36

unhomedcoder wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

find me a single medical doctor who would agree with you that you can diagnose mental illnesses based solely on some words printed on a screen. also, find me a doctor who would agree that a non-medical doctor, such as yourself, is qualified to and should be diagnosing strangers on the Internet with mental illnesses. QED. (oh, sorry, there i go again quoting Latin... being smart and well read is now a mental illness..…

Nowhere did I claim to be diagnosing anything. I'm saying go see a medical doctor, they might be able to help you.

are you so forgetful and careless with your words that you cannot even remember what you just wrote, a sentence that appears 3 paragraphs above your reply?

you specifically said "You almost certainly need to seek psychiatric care."

that sounds like you're pretending to be a medical doctor and clearly diagnosing me. and in-patient psychiatric care is an even bigger logic leap for you to take without even knowing anything about me. in-patient care is for the extreme cases of mental illness for people who present imminent threats of harm to themselves or others or who are catatonic or physically incapacitated. the vast majority of people with mental illnesses can function in day to day society and only need help with managing their illness. but you immediately lumped me in with the former group of extreme mentally ill patients, not the latter.

you don't know me. next time when you think you're doing the Internet a favor and telling someone living in extreme circumstances that they are "certainly" mentally ill, well, you should resist the urge to spew your worthless opinions on the Internet and conserve the electrons and close the tab without replying.

Re: Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?

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Post by rl3 » Sun, Feb 02, 2020, 12:49 AM UTC

unhomedcoder wrote: post #39

rl3 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nowhere did I claim to be diagnosing anything. I'm saying go see a medical doctor, they might be able to help you.

are you so forgetful and careless with your words that you cannot even remember what you just wrote, a sentence that appears 3 paragraphs above your reply? you specifically said "You almost certainly need to seek psychiatric care." that sounds like you're pretending to be a medical doctor and clearly diagnosing me. and in-patient psychiatric care is an even bigger logic leap for you to take without even knowing anyth…

Nowhere did I say anything about inpatient care, nor any specific condition or diagnosis, let alone severity.

Likewise I stated I'm not a medical professional at the very start of this conversation, yet you continue with the narrative that I'm somehow pretending to be one. You're shadow boxing with straw men here.

You claimed to have a power level you're hiding from normal people.

That ain't well dude, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that. Get help if you can.